This facility received a Satellite Notable Award in Firehouse's 2017 Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
This Roswell Fire Station is anchored by an iconic tower that proudly displays its #4 Station number. A light beacon at the top of tower, normally white, turns red when the department is dispatched to an emergency.
This symbolic feature is a visual reminder to the community that the fire department is there to protect them. A key component making this fire station stand out from the rest are the three 14-foot powder-coated red bi-fold doors. These are state-of-the-art doors that took careful coordination with the electrical components to ensure that the fire trucks could quickly leave the station through these doors with the push of a button. The bi-fold doors are equipped with a sensory loop that triggers the doors to close in a set amount of time as soon as a large object (the fire trucks) passes through the doors. This allows the building to remain secure while the firefighters are away from the station.
This project includes blue lights installed in the engine bay as a safety feature to help with the firefighters’ night vision when the alarm sounds off in the dark and they need to rush to the fire trucks. This lighting feature helps the transition from the dark corridors to the engine bay, where the blue lights are installed, instead of being blinded by the bright white lights and having to wait until their vision adjusts again once they leave the station.
The public site also features an art installation. The site was designed to find the ideal location for an artist to display the unique “Bucket Brigade” installation. Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects participated in the nationwide artist selection.
Architect: Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects
