By Alan M. Petrillo
Samaha Associates PC has designed and built about a dozen fire stations for Fairfax County, so when the county talked to them about being involved in a project that was to be built by a private developer and then turned over to the county, Samaha was all in on the project.
“It was interesting to work with a developer and not the jurisdiction that has experience in building fire stations,” says Samaha Associates senior project manager Ken Cahoon. “The developer has experience in building high-rise buildings, but not public service buildings with all their different features and requirements. We had to advocate with them for what we do and how we do it, especially with a lot of the features found in typical fire stations, such as Plymovent direct capture exhaust systems for each of the apparatus, and four-fold apparatus bay doors that open exceptionally quickly, as well as all the controls and gadgets that go along with such systems.”
Cahoon says the Tysons area outside of Washington, D.C., is undergoing massive redevelopment efforts. “The construction of four new metro stations in Tysons have been the catalyst for this redevelopment, and by 2050 plans are to transform Tysons from a suburban office center into a high-density, walkable, green urban center for people to live, work, and play,” he says. “As a result of this rapid development the local jurisdiction saw a need to increase its public safety capacities and public amenities in the area. The Scotts Run Station South mixed-use development includes 17 separate multi-story buildings ranging in height from 75 feet to 400 feet, so the developers were required to set aside land and finance the construction of specific public safety and community amenities. Scotts Run Fire Station 44, along with multiple parks, and transportation infrastructure were developed as part of these proffer conditions.”
The dining area and day room open off of the station’s kitchen.Cityline Partners hired Samaha Associates for the design of the new fire station, which is on a sloping site that required a multi-level compact design solution by the architect. Cahoon says the new three-bay, 13,850-square-foot fire station was designed and constructed by the Cityline/Samaha team, along with Trinity Group Construction. After construction, the building was transferred to Fairfax County, which provides the staffing and operations at the facility.
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Alexis—Cerro Gordo (IL) Fire Protection District super tanker. Spartan FC-94 MFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm pump; 1,800-gallon polypropylene water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Trident FOAMATE ATP 2.1 single-agent foam system; Newton 10-inch electric stainless steel swivel dump valve; #304 stainless-steel body. Dealer: Stan Froelich, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL.
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VIDEO: An Augusta firefighter is still in the hospital Tuesday after a storage facility fire on Monday.
Firefighters continue to check to make sure the fire does not start back up. They say there are steps to help reduce the risk of something like this from happening. We spoke with one storage facility owner down the street, who says this is something out of a nightmare.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRDW-TV CBS 12 Augusta
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PHOTOS: It’s still sort of a mystery how six New Jersey teenagers fresh from the Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park in Wayne on Friday got stuck in an exit elevator.
But Wayne Fire Department Commissioner William Rodriguez has a pretty good theory.
“They’ve got that jumping still in their system. And when they get in the elevator and they talk about their experience inside,” Rodriguez told Coffee or Die Magazine, “they may start jumping in the elevator, which whacks out the elevator.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coffee or Die Magazine
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