Serving those who serve others drives what we do. One aspect of responsible design is our ongoing commitment to envision new ways to better support health and wellness within emergency response facilities.
The Central Valley Fire District, located in Belgrade, MT, made this our team mission when tasked with designing their new headquarters fire station. In addition to implementing new precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Chief Ron Lindroth also wanted to tackle another safety concern– cross-contamination within their new station. Traditionally, decontamination and other cleaning procedures take place within the main station. Applying some unconventional thinking, a solution was developed to design a separate building dedicated to decontamination and cleaning. TCA, partnered with ThinkOne Architects, to design the Central Valley Fire Station 1 to align with the Fire District’s strong safety commitment to their firefighters. The 22,300 SF station is accompanied by a secondary 2,300 SF decontamination and cleaning building. One of the few facilities of this nature ever constructed.
Read more about the innovative plans here: https://www.firehouse.com/stations/article/21164953/fire-station-architects-tca-architecture-planning-station-design-a-detached-decontamination-building-examined
See details about Central Valley Fire Station: https://www.tca-inc.com/central-valley-fire-station-1
