Northwest Consolidated Fire District Station 13

Under the firm’s on-call contract with Johnson County, SFS Architecture developed a program and preliminary concept for Johnson County Facilities Management and Northwest Consolidated Fire District’s (NWCFD) new Station 13 in De Soto, Kansas. During the pre-design phase, SFS worked with the county and fire district to identify critical needs and objectives for the project.

SFS completed full design services for Johnson County Facilities Management and Northwest Consolidated Fire District's (NWCFD) new Station 13. The services included the review of multiple site locations within a 20-acre site area, design for an access road, and coordination with the State of Kansas and greater Panasonic development project. The station includes four double depth drive-through bays, 10 sleep rooms, and a training mezzanine for onsite light-duty training. An Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will also serve as the District's Operations Center (DOC) for the project. The station will house up to 10 first responders including staff for Johnson County Med-ACT. The station will also serve as the NWCFD’s administrative headquarters with offices, collaborative work areas and a 40-person flexible training center. The project is designed to meet LEED Silver certification. The station will provide a clean and safe work environment for the first responders that promotes physical readiness and behavioral health wellbeing.

Station 13 is currently under construction and is anticipated to be operational by Summer of 2025.