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Fire Station No. 80 featured in Fire Chief Magazine

2011 Stationstyle Design Awards: Career Notable Positioned at the north end of the Public Safety Complex allows for separate and efficient vehicular flow. Gates automatically open by vehi­cle transponders. Concrete aprons extend front and rear. The main entry canopy and watch office pro­vides controlled access. The com­munity room can be reconfigured into three additional dorm rooms. Dorm rooms are situated along three separate straight corridors, allowing quick apparatus bay access. The second apparatus bay is extend­ed for longer apparatus and has four-fold glass doors. Center trench drains, electrical drops, non-slip quartz epoxy and masonry block surfaces with a durable paint finish were used. A cross-ventilation fan under the north stair tower pulls air from louvers in the opposite clere­story wall. Support spaces along to north include decontamination, restroom, driver/engineer room, oxygen cascade room, medical sup­ply storage, bunker gear storage, gym, and laundry room, reducing noise to the living quarters. A deep three-compartment...

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