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12 January 2024
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Fire stations of the world: City of Madison Fire Station 12, Wisconsin, US
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The City of Madison’s Fire Station 12, on the city's far-west side began operations at 400 South Point Road in Madison, Wisconsin in the US in August 2009, filling a significant gap in emergency response. Fire Station 12 was built to meet specifications for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The City of Madison retained PRA to design two new, environmentally sustainable fire stations, Madison Fire Station No 11 and No 12. Fire Station No 12 is 13 535 square feet and contains living space for eight firefighters and three officers’ quarters. Similar to the prototypical Madison Fire Station No 11, it has a full kitchen and dining area, community room and exercise room, as well as an outdoor terrace.
In the community room visitors can meet for tours of the station and learn more about sustainable design. Madison Fire Station No 12 was one of two LEED Platinum certified facilities in the world when completed.
LEED is an internationally-recognised green building certification system providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
The station's Community Room is named in memory of Dr Darren Bean, the Department's former Medical Director. Dr Bean died in a Med Flight crash in May 2008. A memorial plaque for Dr Bean is showcased in the Community Room.
In 2018, the firefighters of Station 12 designed and developed a trail system that cuts into the City property south of the fire station. The trails are enjoyed by neighbours, especially dog walkers and also doubles as a wildland live burn training site for the crews.
Station 12 received LEED Platinum Certification, the first firehouse in the country to earn that distinction.
Station 12's "green" construction includes these noteworthy design elements:
Equipment
Engine 12 – a 2017 Pierce Quantum Pumper manufactured in Appleton, WI with a Hale fire pump rated at 1 250 gallons per minute. It has a 500-gallon booster tank and carries an additional 20 gallons of foam for Class A fires. It contains four pre-connected fire attack lines and a compliment of 5” and 2 ½” supply lines. In addition to firefighting and rescue tools, E12 carries a full complement of EMS equipment. Engine 12 has a gross vehicle weight of 46 800 pounds and is powered by a 400hp Cummins diesel engine which provides a top speed of 65 miles per hour.
HIT 12 – a 2003 Ford F-550 XL Super Duty with trailer. HIT (Hazardous Incident Team) 12 supports the MFD Hazmat team. It carries personnel along with equipment used for decontamination and spill control.
Brush 12 – a 2017 Ford F350 with a 150-gallon water tank to respond to brush fires.
MCI Trailer – Station 12 is home to one of the Dane County Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Trailers. This trailer is a part of a collaborative effort among Dane County first responders to work together seamlessly across municipal borders whenever a large-scale medical incident occurs. These trailers contain a multitude of supplies and equipment to assist in the rapid triage, treatment, and transport of patients involved in a MCI incident.
Daily staffing
1 Lieutenant, station officer
1 Apparatus Engineer (driver) operating the engine
2 Firefighters staffing the engine
Sources: City of Madison, Plunkett Raysich Architects
In the community room visitors can meet for tours of the station and learn more about sustainable design. Madison Fire Station No 12 was one of two LEED Platinum certified facilities in the world when completed.
LEED is an internationally-recognised green building certification system providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
The station's Community Room is named in memory of Dr Darren Bean, the Department's former Medical Director. Dr Bean died in a Med Flight crash in May 2008. A memorial plaque for Dr Bean is showcased in the Community Room.
In 2018, the firefighters of Station 12 designed and developed a trail system that cuts into the City property south of the fire station. The trails are enjoyed by neighbours, especially dog walkers and also doubles as a wildland live burn training site for the crews.
Station 12 received LEED Platinum Certification, the first firehouse in the country to earn that distinction.
Station 12's "green" construction includes these noteworthy design elements:
- A geo exchange system that is the sole source for heating and cooling the building
- A green roof with vegetation in place of conventional roofing materials
- Solar heating panels for the building's hot water needs
- Xeriscaping that reduces the amount of high-maintenance turf in the landscaping
- A storm water collection system for general non-potable water use
Equipment
Engine 12 – a 2017 Pierce Quantum Pumper manufactured in Appleton, WI with a Hale fire pump rated at 1 250 gallons per minute. It has a 500-gallon booster tank and carries an additional 20 gallons of foam for Class A fires. It contains four pre-connected fire attack lines and a compliment of 5” and 2 ½” supply lines. In addition to firefighting and rescue tools, E12 carries a full complement of EMS equipment. Engine 12 has a gross vehicle weight of 46 800 pounds and is powered by a 400hp Cummins diesel engine which provides a top speed of 65 miles per hour.
HIT 12 – a 2003 Ford F-550 XL Super Duty with trailer. HIT (Hazardous Incident Team) 12 supports the MFD Hazmat team. It carries personnel along with equipment used for decontamination and spill control.
Brush 12 – a 2017 Ford F350 with a 150-gallon water tank to respond to brush fires.
MCI Trailer – Station 12 is home to one of the Dane County Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Trailers. This trailer is a part of a collaborative effort among Dane County first responders to work together seamlessly across municipal borders whenever a large-scale medical incident occurs. These trailers contain a multitude of supplies and equipment to assist in the rapid triage, treatment, and transport of patients involved in a MCI incident.
Daily staffing
1 Lieutenant, station officer
1 Apparatus Engineer (driver) operating the engine
2 Firefighters staffing the engine
Sources: City of Madison, Plunkett Raysich Architects
