Johnston and Davidson enjoy creating a
building that will be a community show
pieces, and consider the history of the
site as they design. Their fire hall in the
township of Fort Langley, for example, is
a beautiful interpretation of the historical
Hudson’s Bay Fort and reinterpretation
of architecture of early Canadian settle-
ments. “It creates a really nice relationship
between the men and women who work
in fire protection and the community they
serve,” Johnston says.
TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY
Johnston calls it a marriage of architectur-
al form and siting: Johnston and Davidson
create community showpieces that can
also deal with highly technical elements.
Take the Qualicum Beach Fire Hall, for
instance. The fire hall is a six-bay (three
tandem drive-thru bays) fire hall designed
with administrative offices, a large training
room, and a fitness room. On the more
technical side, decontamination wash-
rooms were included, along with gear
storage and drying room, gear washer/
utility room, SCBA room, workshop, and a
training/hose tower.
With over 50 fire halls on their roster, from
communities of a few thousand to Vancou-
ver—with the highest population density
in the country—Johnston and Davidson
are experts on the subject.
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