Are you setting yourself up for disappointment by expecting your next station to be perfect? In this podcast, architect Dennis Ross shares with Editorial Director Janet Wilmoth pointers that chiefs need to keep in mind as they approach the design phase of their next fire station. These include future growth, electronic-equipment power loads and green efforts.

Ross is co-owner of Pacheco Ross Architects, P.C., a Voorheesville, N.Y.-based firm dedicated exclusively to the design of emergency-response facilities.

He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his education included a year as an exchange student with the Polytechnic of Central London. He has more than 35 years experience, including a long tenure in real-estate development and construction. Ross is NCARB certified; a member of the American Institute of Architects, NFPA, the International Code Council; and is a licensed architect in 14 states. His has expertise in project management, land use, budgeting and construction.