The Grand Junction Fire Station #6 is an incarnation of our prototype fire station design for the City of Grand Junction. This fire station accomplishes the City’s mandate to use durable and easily maintainable mate­rials.

This station is based on our previously completed Orchard Mesa Fire Station #4 − a 3-bay, three-shift, six-person plan ‒ with the following modifications and improvements:

•   Added two additional bunk rooms for a total eight-person plan

•   Created a separate new office for the Battalion Chief

•   Reconfigured bunker gear to accommodate additional lockers

•   Added air locks between the residential areas and apparatus bays to help limit carcinogen transfer between spaces

•   Designed an AIRVAC 911 Engine Exhaust Removal System in the apparatus bays

•   Enlarged the apparatus bays to allow for larger firefighting equipment

•   Increased natural light in the apparatus bays using translucent wall panels

Care has been taken to detail partitions to enhance the acoustical sepa­ration of the living area, bunk rooms, apparatus bays, and physical fitness room. The building exterior accentuates the low-sloping roof lines, tongue and groove wood soffits, brick masonry veneer, and board and batten siding to harmonize with adjacent mid-century modern residential houses.