Sarasota County Fire Station #1 is a 12,894-square-foot facility that combines emergency response, administration, and training on a single campus. The station includes four drive-through apparatus bays and living quarters designed to support up to fourteen firefighters and EMS personnel. Interior spaces are organized to balance readiness and daily comfort, with a kitchen, dining area, day room, exercise room, report writing area, and screened porch. A multi-purpose training room supports EMS instruction and is available for community use. Site improvements include public and staff parking, along with a new fuel filling station to support fleet operations.
Constructed with masonry bearing walls and metal trusses, the building draws from Florida vernacular precedents while incorporating contemporary sustainable strategies. The station achieved LEED Silver certification through integrated systems, including rainwater-harvesting cisterns for irrigation, truck filling, and apparatus bay washdown, high-albedo metal roofing to reduce heat gain, daylighting through solar tubes, drought-tolerant native landscaping, and energy-efficient water-heating systems. Together, these strategies create a durable, efficient facility designed to serve the community for decades.
Sarasota County
Sarasota, FL
12,894 SF
Completed in 2010
Designed in Collaboration With Hello June Creative.
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