Client

The Corporation of the Town of Caledon

Building Size

1,956 sq.m / 21,000 sq.ft

Location

Bolton, ON

A new LEED silver two-story 1956sm Fire and Paramedic Station with training facility replaces a smaller facility that could no longer support the growing community of Bolton. The station is situated to access Regional Road 50 on a 3 acre site leased to Town of Caledon by TRCA. Site work includes landscape buffers between the facility and adjacent residential areas and naturalised valley edge. The site planning includes staff paring at the rear and apparatus drive-through capability.

The facility consists of four fire department apparatus thru-bays and two paramedic apparatus bays. Innovative variable refrigerant flow HVAC system pared with a high-performance building envelope and other sustainability measures deliver a building that uses 40% less energy and 60% less water than a similar building built to code. Durable Metal panels, brick and bi-fold bay doors reduces operation and maintenance costs.

The 1,683sm (18,115sf) fire station accommodate two shifts of fire platoons, 40 volunteers, a training tower, vehicle extraction in-class training room, kitchen/dining/lounge area, shower/lockers, dormitory, offices, repair/maintenance area, bunker gear room, laundry, equipment and bulk storage, SCBA room, a compressor room and public education center for public visitations. The 272sm (2,928sf) paramedic station includes an office, kitchen, dining area, lounge, washroom, barrier-free washroom, apparatus bay, IT, work area, custodian, garbage and recycling, and soiled linen area.