November 2026

Issue Description:

The November 2026 Firehouse Magazine includes Firehouse's 2026 Station Design Awards, Firehouse's Apparatus Showcase and feature articles on firefighting robots and community risk reduction.

Cover Description: The November 2026 issue of Firehouse features our 13th annual Station Design Awards. A combination of 28 Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners and 61 notable stations are profiled across nine categories: Career 1 (larger than 15,000 sq. ft.), Career 2 (15,000 sq. ft. or smaller), Co-Located, Combination, Fire Headquarters, Renovations, Satellite, Training Facilities and Volunteer. The facility that’s shown on the cover is the Daytona Beach, FL, Fire Department’s Fire Headquarters and is the Gold winner in that category. The Station Design Awards judges were particularly impressed with the facility’s exterior aesthetics, with one judge deeming the exterior “bold,” and another exclaiming “Wow!” Photo courtesy of JL2 Architecture.

Dedication: Four U.S. firefighters recently died in the line of duty— Firefighter/Paramedic Eric Handlin, Firefighter Eric Phillips, Firefighter Joe Flake and Junior Firefighter Bryce Kaufmann. This issue of Firehouse is dedicated to these firefighters.