This facility received the Career 2 Silver Award in the 2022 Firehouse Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
Over the past several years, the Madera community has been invested in prioritizing public safety for its residents. So, when the postponed ribbon-cutting ceremony finally took place, the long-anticipated celebration of Madera’s newest fire station, Fire Station No. 58, was truly one to remember.
The city of Madera hired RRM Design Group to design the city’s first new fire station since 1978 to be adjacent to the municipal airport. Inspired by that facility, the station includes three apparatus bays, sleeping areas, and a living area for two companies and a battalion chief. The site is extensive and consists of secure firefighter parking, operational facilities, and space for a forward return and bypass from the apparatus bay. This provides capacity for visiting engines to use the portion of the site that’s set aside for a future training facility with live fire training props.
The RRM team worked closely with the city to explore the station’s architectural character and style. The curved roof form that’s over the apparatus bay was selected in reference to the airport, while stone and large-scale post and beam elements were utilized to maintain cohesion with other civic architecture that’s in the area. The station was designed to separate firefighters’ living and sleeping areas from the equipment and apparatus to protect firefighters from harmful contaminants. Combined with amenities, such as an exercise room and a well-lit dayroom, the station is intended to support a balance of health, wellness and continual development.
The facility utilizes high-durability materials throughout for a building that will stand the test of time and reduce maintenance needs. Since its operational opening in December of 2020, the station already has proven to reduce response times and to increase protection services for all of the residents throughout the community with promise to do so for decades to come.
Architect/Firm Name: RRM Design Group
