Fire Station 4 on Prosper Trail takes gold in a national station design competition

The town's newest fire station has won a national design award seven months after it went into service.

Prosper Fire Station No. 4 received the Gold Award in the satellite station category of Firehouse Magazine's 13th annual Station Design Awards, the magazine announced Monday. The station was designed by BRW Architects of Dallas. Grand Prairie Fire Station 11 won silver in the same category, and Kendall Street Fire Station No. 12 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, took bronze.

A panel of seven judges, fire chiefs and architects with recent design and building experience, picked gold, silver and bronze winners in nine categories. The magazine said 89 facilities were entered, and all of them will appear in its November issue and online.

The station

Station 4 sits at 3980 E. Prosper Trail, just west of Custer Road, and was built to shorten response times on the east side of town. The town held a dedication and uncoupling ceremony there April 28.

According to the town, the 12,212-square-foot building has sleeping quarters for up to eight firefighters, two drive-through apparatus bays plus a half bay, a captain's office, a conference room and a workout room.

The town put the project at $13.8 million, including $11.6 million for construction, with the rest for design, development and equipment, and said in April that it expected to finish under budget. The station opened with a paramedic engine company, and the town has said it plans to add an ambulance there in fiscal 2028.

Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame said at the time that the station would let the department "expand coverage on our east side."

Sources

firehouse.com

prospertx.gov

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