This facility received the Career 2 Notable award in the 2025 Firehouse Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here. 

To ensure the fastest possible response times, the station was designed with several critical features that streamline movement and reduce delays. The layout provides direct connectivity between the living quarters and the apparatus bays, including a dedicated corridor that links the bunkrooms straight to the bays. Additionally, the multipurpose areas (kitchen, dayroom, fitness center and offices) are accessible via two separate routes to the bays.

The pull-through apparatus bays feature overhead doors on both sides to facilitate rapid entry and exit. To further support safe and swift deployment, the station’s natural gas oven and barbeque grill are connected to an emergency shut-off switch that’s strategically located along the direct travel path to the apparatus bays. This enables staff to immediately halt the gas flow with a single button, which eliminates the need to shut off each appliance individually.

An emergency access road, which is secured by a gate, connects the station directly to the frontage road. This dedicated route bypasses residential neighborhoods, to provide immediate access to the nearby highway system and reduce critical response time.

The station was designed thoughtfully to safeguard responder health and wellness. A clean-living environment is maintained through positive-pressure vestibules that separate the living quarters from the apparatus bay, to minimize exposure to carcinogens. A dedicated decontamination room allows responders to remove gear and to shower before they enter the living areas.

The station integrates on-site training opportunities to promote both physical and mental fitness. The fitness room is accessible at any time, while the apparatus bay includes a training wall that’s equipped with tie-off anchors, training windows and embedded grooves for ladder safety. A Denver Drill prop that’s located in the mezzanine enables confined-space training.

These flexible, on-demand training features eliminate the need for scheduled events, which empowers staff to maintain readiness on their own terms.

Multiple Station Design Awards judges praised the hose/hydrant bike rack.

Architect: Golden Triangle Construction