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Municipal Makeover Adaptive Reuse Creates Premier Facility for Garland Fire Department A creative cost-saving initiative involving the adaptive reuse of a manufacturing facility recently led to the opening of a modern, fully equipped fire administration and training complex in Garland, Texas. PSA-Dewberry transformed an existing single-story building into a 51,000-square-foot administrative center, and also designed an adjacent sevenacre training field with a variety of structures for field exercises. The new complex now serves the Garland Fire Department as well as a number of other Dallas-area fire departments in need of classroom and firefighter training facilities. “PSA-Dewberry converted a defunct plating manufacturing facility into excellent fire administration offices and training classrooms,” says Assistant Chief Raymond Knight of the Garland Fire Department. “The design team was able to remodel a vacant, nearly useless building into a state-of-theart fire training facility that is the envy of many fire departments in the Dallas metro area.” Challenged to create an optimal program of diverse spaces within the existing building envelope, PSA-Dewberry developed a functional sequence of offices; lobby/reception areas; fitness and locker rooms; classrooms with auditorium seating; support services space; and extensive storage areas for EMS supplies, clothing, bunker gear, and other equipment. The project also involved creating a new, two-story entry that houses the light-filled lobby. The outdoor training facility includes a fivestory State-of-the-art fire training facilities at the Garland complex are now used by firefighters from surrounding counties as well. drill tower, burn building, flashover chamber, high-rise apartment, and driving course. The complex also has a briefing and storage building, an eight-bay reserve apparatus storage building, and a jogging track. The new facilities have enabled the fire department to train and certify its firefighters within the city, rather than sending them to nearby counties for state certification. The complex also supports regional classes for the National Fire Academy. A distinctive new entryway helped transformed the façade of the former manufacturing building. 6
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Dimensions - September/October 2008
Contents
Baltimore County GIS Strategic Business Plan
Thurmont Regional Library Graces Community
Route 7 Capacity Improvements
Garland Fire Department
H.A. Chapman Event Lodge
Dimensions - September/October 2008 - Contents
Dimensions - September/October 2008 - Baltimore County GIS Strategic Business Plan
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Dimensions - September/October 2008 - Thurmont Regional Library Graces Community
Dimensions - September/October 2008 - Route 7 Capacity Improvements
Dimensions - September/October 2008 - Garland Fire Department
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Dimensions - September/October 2008 - H.A. Chapman Event Lodge
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