By Alan M. Petrillo
Onondaga Nation (NY) had an ageing prefab metal building as its main fire station that needed to be replaced, so the Nation turned to Ashley McGraw Architects, which had done renovations on one of its buildings in the past, to develop a feasibility study concerning a new station.
Ashley McGraw Architects designed this 12,500-square-foot fire station for the Onondaga Nation in upstate New York. (Photos courtesy of Ashley McGraw Architects.)“We had done renovation work on the Nation’s school, and also produced a master plan for expansion,” says Andrew Schuster, principal at Ashley McGraw. “We looked at the growth in the community and the existing facility, which essentially was rotting away, and determined what was missing and needed upgrading to give the Nation a 21st century fire station for its volunteer firefighters. We also considered the community values and determined how we could incorporate the values and philosophies of the use of natural resources into a new station.”
Schuster says the Onondaga Nation chose to include a shared community hall for the Nation community in the new fire station, which was an amenity that was then lacking in the Nation, and to build the station with labor from their own community, on a site that was across the street from the existing station.
The new fire station is named Tsha’thon’swatha’, meaning “where they put it out,” Schuster notes. The aspirations of the Tsha’thon’swatha’ were that it would be built by the people of the Nation, it will walk gently on Mother Earth, it will be a vital part of the community and draw the community closer, it will be a showpiece and destination for others to see and use, and people will learn from the building and the experience of building it, he adds.
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A firefighter with the Osceola County Fire Rescue is in the hospital after being struck in the head with an ax while caring for a patient, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said.
Personnel from Station 62 were dispatched to a home in Kissimmee Wednesday after receiving a call of a woman having trouble breathing, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando
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A Prince George's County home was evacuated Thursday morning after a fire during the early morning hours.
The fire was reported around 5:45 a.m. in the 12000 block of Aspenwood Lane in the Laurel area.
Officials say the fire has extended through roof of the home and that the house has been evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV FOX 5 Washington DC
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PHOTO: Kids look up to Smokey Bear and his important fire-prevention messaging.
Now they’ll also get the chance to look up – way up – at Smokey’s familiar face and trademark hat Aug. 19-21 during the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba.
The New Mexico-based hot air balloon made in Smokey Bear’s image will ascend on a tether several times near the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Pocket Park during the fair.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUC-TV NBC/FOX 6 Marquette
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