PUBLIC SAFETY

St. Joseph Fire Station No. 11

 

Station No. 11 integrates innovative design strategies to support crew safety and wellness, efficient turnout and City goals for energy efficiency
Station No. 11 integrates innovative design strategies to support crew safety and wellness, efficient turnout and City goals for energy efficiency.
Station No. 11 integrates innovative design strategies to support crew safety and wellness, efficient turnout and City goals for energy efficiency
As part of the sustainable design for Station No. 11, rooftop solar arrays provide 20 percent of the station’s power needs.
As part of the sustainable design for Station No. 11, rooftop solar arrays provide 20 percent of the station’s power needs.
As part of the sustainable design for Station No. 11, rooftop solar arrays provide 20 percent of the station’s power needs.
Three bays provide flexibility to house evolving apparatus needs over time
Three bays provide flexibility to house evolving apparatus needs over time.
Three bays provide flexibility to house evolving apparatus needs over time
An enclosed gear storage room sits just off the apparatus bays
An enclosed gear storage room sits just off the apparatus bays.
An enclosed gear storage room sits just off the apparatus bays
Residential space balances comfort, durability, costs and use of sustainable materials.
Residential space balances comfort, durability, costs and use of sustainable materials.
Residential space balances comfort, durability, costs and use of sustainable materials.

LOCATION:

St. Joseph, MO

SIZE:

9,182 SF

The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, selected WSKF Architects to lead a team for two new stations, No. 11 and No. 9, to be designed and built simultaneously. Both are replacement stations at new locations in this historic community with a population of 76,000. The City’s intent was for both stations to be adapted from WSKF’s earlier design for Station No. 12. Station No. 11 provides bunk space for six, dayroom/dining and kitchen, fitness room, separate locker room, training room, and administrative space. Both Station No. 11 and No. 9 also feature a new dedicated heated exercise room with a stationary bicycle that is part of the department’s post-event decontamination protocols. The station layout provides paths of travel that support those protocols and efficient turnout. Another innovation is the integration of a large rooftop solar array that provides 20 percent of the station’s power needs. The station sits on a well-traveled street and directly adjacent to a highway exit, requiring careful site planning to address safe apparatus ingress/egress as well as driver sight lines to approaching traffic. Stations No. 11 and No. 9 continue the look, feel, and material selections established in 2011 with Station No. 12 to further expand a common station design motif that is fitting for a department whose history dates to 1865.

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North Kansas City, MO
110 Armour Road
North Kansas City, MO 64116

Kansas City, KS
707 Minnesota Ave., Suite 506
Kansas City, KS, 66101