Prince George receives Community Recognition Award for Fire Hall

PRINCE GEORGE– The City of Prince George was recognized at the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention for leadership in wood design for the new Fire Hall #1.

The City was one of five local governments honored with a 2021 Community Recognition Award for use of wood in their community projects by Wood WORKS, a national industry-led program of the Canadian Wood Council, with a goal to support innovation and provide leadership on the use of wood products and building systems.

Fire Hall #1 began providing service to the community in January 2021, able to house modern firefighting equipment, and is built to modern, post-disaster standards. The facility also improves Fire Rescue’s ability to protect our firefighters with upgraded industrial hygiene and decontamination technology.

One of the unique features of the new hall is the front entrance stairwell constructed from nail-laminated timber. In fact, during construction, crews used more than 100,000 fasteners and over 3000 pieces of lumber to construct this aspect of the facility.