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South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service

Facts

Location Client Cost Completion
Sheffield, UK Hammerson & Sheffield City Council £19m 2009

Project details

The building comprises two main components, an operational community fire station and the services’ headquarters.

Architecturally these components are expressed as two interlocking L-shaped elements, a blue engineering brick operational fire station and a red brick headquarters joined together by the symbolically important appliance bay.

As well as the operational facilities the community fire station encompasses business facilities, informal learning and social areas, and a direct visual connection to the ‘blue light’ function via large glazed screens between the foyer and the appliance bay.

This new purpose designed building will significantly add value by unlocking even more innovation, and facilitating even greater levels of partnership working within the Service and with our community partners

Chief Fire Officer Mark Smitherman

Brief

  • a new purpose-built city centre headquarters
  • provide facilities for the fire and rescue service to work closely with its partner emergency services such as the police and ambulance services

Results

  • designed to encourage interaction with the community to disseminate the fire prevention message
  • houses eight fire engines
  • includes a rainwater harvesting system
  • achieved BREAM Very Good status

Integrated services

architecture, interior design