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Receive national acclaim for your fire station design projects with Firehouse Magazine's Station Design Awards!

This prestigious competition recognizes architects or construction firms and fire departments for their achievements in fire station design and construction.

Your station design entry will appear in our November issue and be seen by more than 450,000 chiefs, officers, manufacturers, and fire service personnel.* The annual Station Design Awards issue is a valuable source of ideas and innovations for the fire service’s primary influencers and governing bodies.

Don't miss this opportunity to be acknowledged as a leader in fire station design and receive national recognition for your firm and your client.

Projects must have been completed since Jan 1, 2018. Judges have requested only completed projects be submitted, as renderings are subject to change during approvals, budget adjustments, and final construction.

The awards will recognize superlative work in seven categories:

Career Stations 1 - Over 15,000 sq. ft. facilities staffing full-time fire and emergency personnel

Career Stations 2 - Under 15,000 sq. ft. facilities staffing full-time fire and emergency personnel

Satellite Stations - Additional stations apart from headquarters or main offices

Volunteer/Combination Stations - Facilities staffed by fully volunteer, combination of non-paid and paid fire and emergency personnel

Shared Facilities - Fire and emergency response facilities shared with other agencies or organizations such as police, training facilities or local government offices

Station Renovation - Facilities that are redesigned, re-purposed or upgraded

Training Facilities - Designated fire and emergency response facilities for training

Entry Form Due July 28, 2022

A completed, signed entry form for each portfolio must be received prior to judging

Portfolio Due August 12, 2022

On receipt of your entry form, instructions will be emailed to you on assembling your portfolio. These instructions will include a project data sheet, as well as instructions on required photos and space plans. All materials should be uploaded per instructions.

If your project is selected for a citation or as an outstanding building, the materials submitted in your portfolio will be used to create your project's page(s) in the magazine. Portfolios should be of a quality suitable for judging and publication. Firehouse reserves the right to reject those portfolios deemed not acceptable for publication.

Requirements
It only takes two easy steps to enter your station in Firehouse’s Station Design Awards!

Step 1: Complete and sign the entry form

It’s easy to get started! Simply tell us your method of payment below, and fill out the entry form. Please be sure to digitally sign the form before you submit it.

Once we receive your entry form we will send you an e-mail outlining the requirements and materials we need to complete Step 2.

Step 2: Follow the instructions we will send you to submit the following:

1)   Project Data Sheet
      Must be concise and include clear project essentials.(300 words max)

2)   Space Plan
      One overall site plan
      One floor plan for each level or story of the building

3)   Photographs (Maximum 10 photos)
      Photos must be 300 dpi minimum
      Include one overall exterior photo depicting nature of facility
      Include a minimum of three exterior photos
      Include a minimum of four interior photos