Photo by Lara Swimmer Fire Station 20 opened in 2014 in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. Schacht Aslani Architects was the designer and Forma Construction Co. was the general contractor.

Will your fire station be open after the Big One hits?
Building codes provide minimum requirements, but sometimes that is not enough.
By DAVID SWANSON and CORBIN HAMMER
Reid Middleton

Here’s how we slashed one station’s energy use by 75 percent
Issaquah’s Fire Station 72 is empty much of the time, so mechanical systems were designed to use less energy when firefighters are away.
By JONATHAN HELLER
Ecotope

Fire Training centers today are more like the real world
Adding obstacles like parked cars and cul-de-sacs matches the dangers emergency reponders actually face.
By DAVID FERGUS
Rice Fergus Miller

Interbay fire station is one of the nation’s greenest
Energy modeling helped push the project to meet LEED platinum and 2030 Challenge standards.
By ERIC AMAN
xSchacht Aslani Architects

How to keep fire crews moving as the city grows
Designers are finding ways to decrease "turnout time" in the station and using GIS to help navigate congested streets.
By BRIAN HARRIS
TCA Architecture Planning