Here are a few reasons why . . . As your city's fire station, it is designed to fit into your surrounding community or meet the criteria established by the City Council and zoning officials.
Architectural compatibility is the key.
The station position on the property is placed so as to minimize local traffic disruptions, while promoting rapid response to emergencies, whether they be someone in your family with a heart attack or difficulty breathing to a large scale fire at a local shopping center or warehouse. Our stations are designed to be friendly looking and inviting to those we protect, while purposely avoiding the institutional or fortress look. This is known as the Apparatus Floor. Since firefighters now come in both genders, all stations are being built and retrofitted to accommodate the needs of both sexes. You can see all these features and talk to your neighborhood firefighters on Fire Service Day .