Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Station 9
Completed: 2025
The City of Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services WFPS Station 9 replaces Fire Station 15. WFPS Station 9 provides working, training, living, and sleeping accommodations for two shifts of 12 firefighters and emergency rescue personnel. The guiding design concepts are:
1. Minimize Response Time for Emergency Crews
Quick and safe access to the apparatus floor, at two strategic locations at the back corners of the apparatus floor, each offering the option of a stairway and a slide pole to the apparatus floor. The emergency apparatus floor is oriented southward, towards Cottonwood Drive, which is the most direct route to the network of roadways in the station’s response area.
2. Engage with the Public to Facilitate Public Awareness of Fire Safety
Glass doors and windows showcase the apparatus, making it visible to the public on the south side. The west side of the building is a front yard, or “front porch”, that engages with the public through its welcoming pedestrian character, and its potential for displays and public events. From here, the interior training classroom, lobby, and apparatus floor are visible through transparent interior and exterior walls.
3. Create a Comfortable Living Environment for Personnel
The residential component is on the second level, with good visibility onto the apparatus floor and between the kitchen, dayroom, fitness area, and a private outdoor courtyard patio. The materials utilized on the interior of the residential area include visually exposed tongue and groove wood (fir) decking, which was salvaged from the existing fire station (designed by Gaboury Lussier Sigurdson Architects in 1969). This lends a warm residential character and ties the new building to the history of the site.
Project Sub Consultants
Crosier Kilgour – Building Envelope | Structural | Commissioning
Epp Siepman – Building Efficiency | Mechanical | Electrical
KGS Group – Civil
KGS Group (as MORR) – Transportation
Trek – Geotechnical
Barnes & Duncan – Land Survey
Collins – Fire Station Design
Green Building Initiative Canada – Green Globes
Hanscomb – Quantity Surveyor
Vortex – Fire Safety
RIDI – Furniture
HTFC – Landscape Architect
Parkwest – Construction
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