This facility received the Renovations Notable award in the 2024 Firehouse Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
This project for the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District and the city of San Ramon remodels approximately 70,000 sq. ft. of existing city-owned buildings and includes the addition of a new 9,000-sq.-ft. emergency operations center (EOC) and 9-1-1 communications center. The initial phase included a detailed space needs and facility assessment for fire administration, police and emergency communications. The goal was to repurpose an existing building for the fire administration facility, renovate the existing police facility, and construct a new joint emergency operations and communications center.
Upon completion of the assessments, the project team developed detailed construction documents for the phased improvements and new construction.
One existing portion of the building (30,000 sq. ft., two stories) was upgraded and converted to accommodate the fire department administrative services executive staff, training division, EMS and fire prevention. The city police department portion of the building (40,000 sq. ft., two stories) was remodeled completely and structurally upgraded to include the addition of a new 1,300-sq.-ft. fitness center.
The new EOC was developed for both the district and the city as state-of-the-art, with associated offices, breakout rooms and technology to support the various possible emergency situations.
The second-floor 9-1-1 communications center provides space for eight dispatchers, a supervisor’s office, bunkrooms, a breakroom and a server room to support the 20-plus racks of computer/radio equipment that are needed to support the call center.
Relocating fire administration to this facility allowed the district to construct a new training facility on the site of the former administrations building.
The unique collaboration that unfolded between the district and the city paved the way for the repurposing of existing city-owned buildings to create a joint public safety building that will serve the citizens of San Ramon and the areas that surround it for years to come.
Architect: COAR Design Group