When the Westview-Fairforest Fire Department decided that it needed a larger facility to house all its equipment, the department chose a metal building system from Butler Manufacturing Co. The department’s new facility is a hybrid of conventional construction for the frontage space with a continuous 6,500- square-foot (604-m2) single-slope metal building structure for the five apparatus bays.
The pumper trucks park two deep, while the EMS ambulances park three deep per bay. A full-height firewall separates the 7,000-square-foot (650-m2) conventional portion that subdivides into the kitchen, laundry, sleeping quarters, office space, training center and physical conditioning room.
The Butler building consists of a Widespan structural system, MR-24 standing- seam metal roof system, Fluted and Flat Stylwall wall panels, and split-face masonry with Texture-Cote finish. Additionally, salvaged stone from the previous station accents columns at the front entrance.
General contractor: TN Construction, Spartanburg
Architect: Design Shop Inc., Simpsonville, S.C.
Metal building: Butler Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, Mo.
