Results of FIRE CHIEF’s sixth annual Station Style Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design within fire departments nationwide, are now public. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded within each of five categories: volunteer departments, career departments, satellite stations, combined-use stations and renovated fire stations. All participating entries will be published in the November issue of FIRE CHIEF, and selected winners will be posted in the Station Style Special Report Section on www.firechief.com.

“This year’s entries raised the standard for fire and emergency facilities. Over the six years of the Station Style Awards, our winning stations have captured the changing role of fire departments across the country,” said Janet Wilmoth, editorial director of FIRE CHIEF magazine. “The increase in fire sprinklers in these buildings, multipurpose training rooms available to the community, the addition of fitness areas and growing environmental awareness all reflect future trends. These exciting facilities support the demand for quicker response times, the integration of diversity into stations and an added focus on firefighter safety.”

The winners, selected by a panel of judges, were as follows:

Volunteer Fire Station Design Winners:

Gold Award:
Upper St. Clair Volunteer Fire Department, Upper St. Clair, Pa.
Architects – Designstream Architectural Studio, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Silver Award:
Fire Station No. 2 for the Williamstown Fire Company, Williamstown, N.J.
Architects – Rodier Ebersberger Architects, Williamstown, N.J.

Bronze Award:
Stillwater Fire District, Arvin Hart Fire Company Station, Stillwater, N.Y.
Architects – Pacheco Ross Architects, P.C. & Mitchell Ross Architects, P.C., Voorheesville, N.Y.

Career Fire Station Design Winners:

Gold Award:
Charlotte Fire Station No. 10, Charlotte, N.C.
Architects – ADW Architects, P.A., Charlotte, N.C.

Silver Award:
Algonquin Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Protection District, Algonquin, Ill.
Architects – FGM Architect Planners, Inc., Oak Brook, Ill.

Bronze Award:
Port Townsend Fire Station, Port Townsend, Wash.
Architects – Rice Fergus Miller Architecture & Planning, LLP, Bremerton, Wash.

Satellite Station Design Winners:

Gold Award:
Kalispell Fire Station No. 62, Kalispell, Mont.
Architects – Cole + Russell Architects, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio; Grover & Company, PLLC, Whitefish, Mont.

Silver Award:
Goodyear Fire Station No. 184, Goodyear, Ariz.
Architects – LEA Architects, LLC., Phoenix, Ariz.

Bronze Award:
Redmond Ridge Fire Station, No. 18, , Redmond, Wash.
Architects – Lawhead Architects P.S., Bellevue, Wash.

Renovated Fire Station Design Winners:

Gold Award:
Hudson Fire Station, Hudson, N.Y.
Architects – Mitchell Ross Associates Architects, P.C., Voorheesville, N.Y.

Silver Award:
Ewing-Perryman Station, Jenks Fire Department, Jenks, Okla.
Architect – Gregory S. Helms, Architect, Jenks, Okla.

Bronze Award:
Snohomish County Fire District 26, Station #54, Gold Bar, Wash.
Architects – Lawhead Architects P.S., Bellevue, Wash.

Combined-Use Design Winners:

Gold Award:
College Station Fire Station #5, College Station, Texas
Architects – Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, Inc. (BRW), College Station, Texas

Silver Award:
Nokesville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept., Station 25, Bristow, Va.
Architects – LeMay Erickson Architects, Reston, Va.

Bronze Award:
City of Fayetteville Fire Station #14, Fayetteville, N.C.
Architects – Stewart, Cooper, Newell Architects, Gastonia, N.C.

The judges for the 2006 Station Style Awards were: Asst. Chief Michael Baker, Elgin (Ill.) Fire Department; Johnny Fong, AIA and firefighter, Reno (Nev.) Fire & Rescue; Chief Randy Justus, Mundelein (Ill.) Fire Department; Paul Erickson, LeMay Erickson Architects, Reston, Va.; and Chief Tom Meyers, Montgomery & Countryside Fire Protection District, Montgomery, Ill. The judges represented a cross-section of architects and metro, suburban career and volunteer firefighters.