New Fire Stations Across Nation Combine Beauty and Utility

New Fire Stations Across Nation Combine Beauty and Utility

Ultramodern stations in Boulder, Colo. The new Central Station is a three-level design with dormitory six steps above the apparatus and office floor. Dining and lounge area is nine steps below. Combination training and hose tower is at rear.

Mountain View, Calif., Station No. 2, housing two companies, is part of a capital improvement plan which includes four new stations. Single-story construction was designed by Architect Joel Bowman to conform with homes in the area

—Mountain View F. D. photo

No. 12, one of four new air-conditioned stations recently opened in Houston, Tex., is a single-story building in the residential area. It contains the latest automatic hose washing machines and electric drying cabinets

—Houston F. D. photos

PRESENT BUILDING PROGRAMS of fire departments point up how readily the fire service has accepted the architectural mode of the era. The examples shown here indicate the trend continues to move farther from the traditional “official” structure to the modern one-floor and multilevel type of stations.

All of the buildings illustrated are designed to permit maximum use of floor space in serving the unique functional needs of the service, and at the same time be identified as an integral part of the surrounding neighborhood. These points reflect great credit on the good taste of the responsible municipal officials.

Cedar Rapids, Ia., Station No. 5 is an excellent example of a side-to-side multilevel building

—Cedar Rapids F. D. photo

Station 2 is a one-story building with a multipeaked roof. Hobart D. Wagener is the architect—Photos by Roberts

Architect W. Thomas Schaardt recently designed this imposing station for the Orangeburg, N. Y., Volunteer Fire Department. It will house six vehicles and folding partitions permit assembly room and apparatus floor to be used as an auditorium seating 450

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