Portsmouth Fire Station 2 combines the best of fire safety practices, training, flexibility and sustainable design. Currently targeting LEED Silver, this station is being tracked as the first LEED Fire Station in NH. Efficient site design on this large corner lot played an integral part in sustainability and public safety, providing ample green space that celebrates a firefighter’s monument, 100% storm-water reclamation, and systemized access/egress with traffic controls to safely manage the intersection when apparatus are called into action.

Designed with flexibility and resiliency in mind, the gender-neutral station incorporates low maintenance recycled materials with performance features like energy controls, high efficiency systems, premium day-lighting/views, and a modular, publically-accessible training room that can quickly be converted into a cutting-edge EOC.

The building’s layout optimizes functionality, and comfortably accommodates 100% staff growth with no reconfiguration. The 3 radiant-heated, drive-thru apparatus bays are visible from 2nd floor common areas and connect to a 4-story situational training tower. The station’s aesthetics are modern while respecting the city’s history, mixing traditional red brick with metallic siding, which pays homage to its immediate context in a commercial district and serves as a quality civic gateway to the historic downtown.