This station received the Career Notable Award in Firehouse's 2016 Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
Fire Station No. 73 is a new 9,000-square-foot facility built by the City of Fontana. The 2.3-acre site is located along Historic Route 66 in an area with a mix of both commercial and residential property. The station is designed to accommodate five firefighters in an individual dormitory setting. Other station features include a three-bay, single-deep apparatus room, administrative offices, kitchen, dining room, dayroom, physical training room, shop and the various support spaces required for a facility of this type.
Circulation within the station is designed around core work and living spaces in order to maximize daylight opportunities for more traditionally occupied areas. Site features include visitor parking, secure firefighter parking, hose-drying rack, emergency generator and a covered patio area. A small storage building was also included in the project.
The station was designed using a combination of plaster and stone veneer in keeping with the dominant materials of the adjacent homes. Simplified Craftsman detailing was added in selected areas to help reduce the scale of the building. Sloped roof forms were used in conjunction with parapet areas designed to screen mechanical equipment.
The project had many time and budget constraints, but the efforts of both city staff and the San Bernardino County Fire Department made it very successful.
Architect: WLC Architects, Inc.
