FEATURED PROJECT

Casselberry Fire Station No. 21
Cape Coral, Florida

Designed as a prototype station, this facility is intended to be replicated in a variety of different parts of the community. This station houses a crew of eight, with three double deep apparatus bays. Designed with 100% backup electrical and mechanical provisions and hurricane impact glazing systems, this facility is outfitted with the necessary infrastructure to weather, withstand and operate before, during and after any made-made or natural disaster occurrence, thus ensuring that the critical services provided by the Department are not disrupted.

The City of Winter Park Public Safety Facility provides for both the Police and Fire Department operations and administration including Fire Station No. 2. The building is designed as separate facilities for Police and Fire sharing a common lobby/reception area and community meeting room. Fire Station No. 2 is located on the 1st level with Fire Administration above.

The Fire Station is the City's four (4) bay main station. Crew quarters that include command staff sleeping and office areas are designed for prompt and direct access to apparatus with access to the main building lobby for 24/7 emergency walk-in care. Fire Administration above, provides office, training and storage areas. The project has served to assist revitalization of the area surrounding the facility. The Winter Park Public Safety Facility is now referred to as the "showpiece" of the downtown area.

The 14,000 square foot facility designed for the City of Kissimmee is planned as a prototype station that can be easily expanded. The Station provides three (3) apparatus bays, mezzanine storage, maintenance area, apparatus support and crew quarters. Economy and speed of construction dictated the use of pre-engineered structural components. The station was occupied and functioning less than ten (10) months after award of a construction contract. The contemporary design aesthetic blends well into a variety of site settings from commercial to residential areas. The building also provides for diesel fueling of apparatus and 100% back-up emergency power supply.

ADG provided complete planning, building design, and interior design services for the 21,000 square foot fire station. The new facility houses Fire Administration, Training and a four (4) bay drive-through Apparatus Bay Station. The state-of- the-art station provides living quarters for the command staff and engine/rescue crews.

An innovative approach to the Fire Department's "Universal Storage" needs incorporates a separate building on the site that includes decontamination facilities, storage and an integral Training Tower. ADG also designed a show-case display building to house "grandma", the department's historic piece of apparatus. The display is prominently located at the corner of the site creating a sense-of-place for the City's Fire Department.

The Fire Station is an important asset to the network of stations serving this Pinellas County Florida community. ADG provided site selection, programming, building design, and interior design services. The 16,000 square foot station provides three (3) drive-through apparatus bays and crew quarters for 12 personnel. The apparatus bays are designed for expansion to four bays with a "knock-out" wall that separates apparatus from storage and an apparatus maintenance area.

The building design is timeless in appearance. Massing of the building elements is appropriately scaled to blend with the commercial/residential setting. Since completion of the project the surrounding area has seen a major redevelopment mixing retail/office/residential in an urban setting.

The City of Ocoee is a rapidly developing community in west Orange County, Florida. The 21,500 square foot Main Fire Station was constructed on a five (5) acre site assembled from "burnt-out" orange groves, an abandoned railroad easement and a vacated roadway. The site is on the City's main thoroughfare is a short distance from the Municipal Complex. The building design creates an appropriate transition to the surrounding single-family residential area.

The facility provides a central lobby for access to Fire Administration and the Main Fire Station. Fire Administration includes office space, and a multi-purpose Community Meeting/Training/Emergency Operations area. The station provides four (4) bay Apparatus Area and crew quarters for fourteen (14) fire fighters including the command staff.