Part B Health Facility Briefing & Design
The room should be immediately adjacent to the Interview room and should contain adequate facilities for physical examination of the patient; however, the inclusion of
In each of these areas, the fire and EMS station should serve as the model for the community. As with any public or private facility, fire and emergency services stations are subject to theft, vandalism and violence. For stafed stations, these acts are most likely to occur when emergency response personnel are on a call.
It requires the attitude that stations are more than a temporary residence for emergency responders. They are an asset for which communities will increasingly become dependent in the future. As with any safety and health-related endeavor, fire and emergency services should focus on the following with regard to station design:
On-duty EMS units shall be staffed with the minimum members necessary for emergency medical care relative to the level of EMS provided by the fire department. • AND two members trained at the BLS level arriving on scene within the established travel time.
The design and construction of a fire and emergency services station is a long and complicated process. Many diferent decisions are required, and diferent people may be involved in those decisions. The factors governing facility design vary from department to department, and even within the organization itself.
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