The 2008 Station Style Design Awards offered an assortment of
shared-use facilities. These facilities are becoming more common, as
departments and communities try to find ways to stretch their dollars by
conserving resources and co-locating compatible agencies.
In 1993, the town of Parker, Colo., built a joint-services facility to
serve the Parker Fire District, the Douglas County School District and
the town of Parker. This facility became even more important to the area
when the Parker Fire District merged
with the nearby South Metro Fire
District to become the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority. This is
the first time two fully accredited fire districts have merged.
The facility is used for firefighter training and apparatus maintenance.
Fleet services also has an intergovernmental agreement to provide
maintenance and services for other local departments, including annual
pump testing, according to Brian Brown, bureau chief of fleet services.
The Douglas County School District uses the facility for bus
maintenance, school-bus dispatch and school-bus driver training.
“We have a fuel facility there, too," Brown said. "Douglas Schools
purchase the fuel in bulk quantities and sell it to us, so it’s pretty
cheap and centrally located.” Click
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