The Replacement Fire Hall

The Dashwood Fire Department and the RDN collaborated with neighbouring Fire Departments to initiate the standardization of fire halls project. This project aimed to design main fire hall and smaller satellite fire hall conceptual plans that would be used for future fire hall replacements.

The new conceptual plans were completed and the Dashwood Fire Department will be the first to implement the design. The new hall will be built to meet current building and seismic standards. It will provide an improved layout and use of space for training and maintaining equipment. The functional layout includes:

two drive through bays that can hold four pieces of apparatus
a public entrance with an administration area
separate areas for radio communications, IT, mechanical, electrical, sprinklers, gear, storage, training, offices and laundry which are all non existent in the current fire station
two multi use washrooms and gear/equipment decontamination areas
a workshop
a self contained breathing apparatus refill/drying room (SCBA) and compressor room

The conceptual fire hall plan considers future growth and has been designed to permit for the expansion of the hall to include an additional bay that can house two more pieces of apparatus, access to a second floor that will be pre-wired and plumbed for future completion and an engineered pad for future training/hose drying tower.

Volunteer health and wellness is paramount and the new hall will meet WCB requirements for gear storage, cleaning and for members to decontaminate and decontaminate equipment as part of efforts to reduce the risk of job related cancers.