Fort Atkinson, WI, November 10, 2026—Firehouse Magazine announced the winners of its 13th annual Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design of fire departments and emergency facilities nationwide.

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were issued across nine categories of facilities in this prestigious competition: Career 1, Career 2, Co-Located, Combination, Fire Headquarters, Renovations, Satellite, Training Facilities and Volunteer. All 89 participating entries will be published in the November issue of Firehouse Magazine and online at Firehouse.com/stations.

Firehouse Editor-in-Chief Peter Matthews said, “In the 13 years since Firehouse has held the Station Design Awards, the efforts to improve living and working areas for firefighters have improved exponentially. Through the Station Design Conference and publication of the Station Design Awards, fire departments are better educated and prepared for their planning process with architects and builders to understand current conditions and prepare for future factors that are critical in the day-to-day operations of every community’s first line of defense while taking care of the people who work there.”

According to Rich Dzierwa, Firehouse Magazine Managing Editor, who supervised the Station Design Awards project, “The 2026 edition of the Station Design Awards continues our commitment to aiding in departments’ dedication to the health, wellness and safety of their members through more particular requirements of submitters and more diligent assessment by which facilities are evaluated. We’re confident that our identification of the Gold, Silver and Bronze award winners and the details that are presented about all of the facilities that we reviewed, which will be shared in our special Station Design Awards section of the November 2026 issue of Firehouse, put fire departments and architects in the best position to create operational and living environments in which firefighters, officers and chiefs can perform at optimal levels and thrive.”

Winners were selected by a panel of seven judges, including fire chiefs and architects who are experienced in recent design and construction.

The 2026 Station Design Award winners are as follows:

Career 1 Fire Station Award Winners (stations larger than 15,000 square feet)

Gold Award—Tempe Fire Station No. 2, Tempe, Arizona

Architect: LEA Architects, Phoenix, Arizona

Silver Award—Des Moines Fire Station No. 4 & Training Tower, Des Moines, Iowa

Architect: Substance Architecture, Des Moines, Iowa

Bronze Award—Bellevue Fire Station 10, Bellevue, Washington

Architects: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and TCA Architecture + Planning + Design, Seattle, Washington

Career 2 Fire Station Award Winners (stations 15,000 square feet and smaller)

Gold Award—Charlottesville Fire Station No. 1, Charlottesville, Virginia

Architect: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, McLean, Virginia

Silver Award—Unified Fire Authority Eagle Mountain Fire Station 251, Eagle Mountain, Utah

Architect: ajc architects, Salt Lake City, Utah

Bronze Award—Summit Fire & EMS Station #10, Silverthorne, Colorado

Architect: SEH, Denver, Colorado

Co-Located Facilities Award Winners

Gold Award—Tucson Southside Public Safety Facility, Tucson, Arizona

Architect: Perlman Architects, Phoenix, Arizona

Silver Award—Grandview Heights Municipal Building, Grandview Heights, Ohio

Architects: Erdy McHenry Architecture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mull & Weithman Architects, Columbus, Ohio

Bronze Award—Tittle McFadden Public Safety Center, Lewisville, Texas

Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas

Combination Fire Station Award Winners

Gold Award—Lovettsville Fire and Rescue Station 12, Lovettsville, Virginia

Architect: FGM Architects, Reston, Virginia

Silver Award—Mont Belvieu Fire Station No. 1, Mont Belvieu, Texas

Architect: BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Bronze Award—York Fire Station, York, Nebraska

Architect: BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Fire Headquarters Award Winners

Gold Award—Daytona Beach Fire Headquarters, Daytona Beach, Florida

Architect: jL2 Architecture, Longwood, Florida

Silver Award—Emporia Fire Station No. 1, Emporia, Kansas

Architect: TESSERE, Wichita, Kansas

Bronze Award—Sandy Fire & Administration Station No. 31, Sandy, Utah

Architect: ajc architects, Salt Lake City, Utah

Bronze Award—McKinney Fire Department Headquarters & Fire Station 2, McKinney, Texas

Architect: Martinez Architects, Houston, Texas

Renovations Award Winner

Gold Award—Kirkland Fire Station 22, Kirkland, Washington

Architect: TCA Architecture + Planning + Design, Seattle, Washington

Silver Award—Holland Fire Station No. 2, Holland, Michigan

Architects: Integrated Architecture, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Bronze Award—Plano Fire Station 5, Plano, Texas

Architect: Martinez Architects, Houston, Texas

Satellite Fire Station Award Winners

Gold Award—Prosper Fire Station No. 4, Prosper, Texas

Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas

Silver Award—Grand Prairie Fire Station 11, Grand Prairie, Texas

Architect: Martinez Architects, Houston, Texas

Bronze Award—Grand Rapids Kendall Street Fire Station No. 12, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Architects: Integrated Architecture, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Training Facilities Award Winners

Gold Award—Hayward Fire Department/Chabot College Fire Training Center, Hayward, California

Architect: DLR Group, San Francisco, California

Silver Award—Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Architect: WSKF Architects, North Kansas City, Missouri

Bronze Award—Ron G. Moellenberg Fire Training Center, Pflugerville, Texas

Architect: Martinez Architects, Houston, Texas

Volunteer Fire Station Award Winners

Gold Award—Deer Park Fire Station No. 1, Deer Park, Texas

Architect: BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Silver Award—Elk River Fire Station #3, Elk River, Minnesota

Architects: BKV Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bronze Award—Hemby Bridge VFD Station No. 51, Indian Trail, North Carolina

Architect: Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects, Gastonia, North Carolina

About Firehouse

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