Fire Station 24
The design for this new 18,000 s.f., three apparatus bay
station provides dedicated men's bunks for 8, dedicated women's
bunks for 4, and two seta of "flex" bunks for 2 each. A covered
breezeway provides a protected outdoor dining area as well as an
all weather connection to the separate training class room that
seats 40.The station is distinguished by built-in training
features that include a confined space rescue pit accessed
through a two story shaft, numerous interior windows at the
apparatus training mezzanine that are located and configured for
ground ladder training and bailout exercises, and a waterproof
hose tower that will double for training with charged hoses on
the interior stairs. The tower also features two exterior
balconies for use with high-angle rescue, ground ladder
evolutions and rappelling exercises.
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