The Florence Township Fire District and Robbie Conley, Architect have jointly endeavored to objectively evaluate the constraints of the existing conditions, under which the Fire Prevention and Rescue Services have been operating. We also will produce a design solution reflecting the current needs and future growth potential of the district.
This new Florence Fire House occupies block 155.47, lot 10.01 off of the old New Jersey Turnpike Access Road. Robbie Conley, Architect has developed Construction Drawings to meet the unique needs of the Florence Fire District.
The new facility consists of 7 bays, a meeting/training room, offices, lounge, and male and female sleeping and shower facilities.
The construction cost for this building was 3.5 million dollars.
Construction was completed on July 1, 2006.
This new 33,000 SF two story facility consists of the Troop ‘E’ Headquarters on the Second Floor and the Barracks on the First Floor. This building has been designed with security in mind. By utilizing compartmentalization and technology, the building limits access from one area to another to authorized personnel only. The site has been designed based on DOD standoff distances etc.
The barracks consist of processing area and interview rooms, along with holding cells for male and females. The second floor consists of all administration areas necessary for the operations of the Troop. Shared spaces include lockers and shower facilities for men and women along with a fitness center equipped with state of the art equipment. The building is completely handicapped accessible on both floors and ample storage throughout.
This facility completed construction in 2009.
The existing facility was 4, 980 square feet and lacks adequate space for bunkrooms and showers. This facility also did not have a meeting/training room. We added a small 1,518 square foot addition off the back of the house side of the building. The left side of the building was the existing lounge area, bathrooms and one office. This area was renovated into male and female bunkrooms. Barrier free compliant toilet rooms with showers were added. The displaced office was relocated behind the bunkrooms. A new meeting/training room and a relocated kitchen were moved to the rear of the building and is partially housed in the new addition area.
The front and rear bay doors were replaced with larger door units and a brick facade was added to enable this building to fit in with the rest of the other buildings in the districts. A new pitch pre-manufactured wood truss roof was constructed over the entire portion of the old building, as well as to incorporate the new addition area. The parking lot was resurfaced and relined and new site lighting will be added to the far right of the parking area to help light dark areas. The construction cost for this building was 1.4 million dollars. This facility completed construction in 2008.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by the Parsippany Fire District #5 to perform a study in order to evaluate the condition of their existing station. After the study was complete, the district decided the best solution for them was to construct a new building.
RCA designed a new 13,000 square foot building that will house four engines with ample ceiling height for maintenance of the apparatus. The bay is fixed in the front of the building surrounded by the radio room and laundry room to allow for easy response prior to a call and more proficient clean-up afterwards. From the bay, you can access the first floor with its operation areas such as, the decontamination room, maintenance room and storage area. This floor also contains the ready room, kitchen area and locker rooms.
The second floor may either be accessed through the main entrance, by way of the stair tower, or through the bay, which will lead you to a mezzanine area open to the bay below. This mezzanine extends to the administrative space as well as the bunk rooms with an adjoining small kitchenette area. Ample storage is strategically placed throughout the building to meet the fire districts growing needs.
This building was designed in cooperation with the Parsippany Fire District #5 to ensure that the most efficient, cost effective solution, for them, was created. This building incorporates all of the Districts needs with RCA’s design knowledge to create a beautiful solution.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by the Pine Hill Fire Department to conduct programming and a needs assessment study of their existing building. The deficiencies of the building were reported and numerous design solutions and cost analyses were presented to the representatives of the department. Robbie Conley, Architect was eventually awarded the contract to develop the design for the renovations and addition to the station.
The station renovations expanded the operations section of the building from three bays to six bays, while providing much needed additional storage space for equipment. Also, the department gained living space as well as a large administrative area. A substantial exterior renovation is included in the project as well.
Robbie Conley, Architect conducted numerous meetings with the members of the fire department building committee to make certain that all of the needs of the department were being met, as well as meeting with the Planning Board and other regulatory agencies, to ensure that this project was a success.
This new 8,000 plus SF facility is in the design phase and slated for construction in 2007. This building will consist of three apparatus bays, that are double depth and pull through. The house area will consist of a firefighter’s lounge, kitchen, and locker/shower facilities for both men and women. Also included are training /meeting room, offices, and ample storage throughout. Adjacent to the bays is planned a cascade room with SCBA maintenance area and storage. A separate work area is also provided.
Preliminary Cost Estimates bring this facility at around $1 million for the entire project.
Some of the challenges to this project include the property being located in the New Jersey Pinelands Preservation District. In addition, this site is located on State Highway Route 30. We have developed a design, which will bring the apparatus out on a side street to access the highway instead of pulling directly onto the main corridor. This allows for safer egress and ingress to the site for both volunteers responding to the station and the apparatus responding to alarms.
After the success of Parsippany Fire District #5, Robbie Conley Architect was contracted by neighboring Whippany Fire Company to design a new firehouse for the fire district.
RCA designed a new 20,000 square foot building that will house three engines, two pull-thru engine bays, and an antique engine bay with ample ceiling height for maintenance of the apparatus. The bays are located along the front of the building for easy access onto Troy-Hills Road. The bays are surrounded by the radio room, gear turn-out room, laundry room, decontamination room, and work shop room to allow for easy response prior to a call and a more proficient clean-up afterwards.
The new firehouse contains a mezzanine level that contains house programs, such as a ready room, kitchen, and recreation room within an open floor plan with views down to the engine bays. To allow for quick response times, access from the ready room to the gear turnout room is by either a spiral staircase or fire poles, which are both located in the tower feature of the facility.
The second floor contains the administration area of the facility with private offices and a large, central open office. There is also a large Meeting/ Training room that contains a refreshment area and a full commercial kitchen for large meetings and gatherings. Ample storage is strategically placed throughout the building and within the attic to meet the fire districts growing needs.
This building was designed in cooperation with the Whippany Fire Company to ensure that the most efficient, cost effective solution, for them, was created. The facility was also designed to fit the requirements of the Whippany Village Redevelopment Master Plan to create an excellent fit into the new Whippany Village.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by the Borough of Woodbury Heights to design a new Memorial Park for the Veterans. This park contains a few relocated monuments as well as a new, large monument labeled with all the veterans from the Woodbury Heights area.
Local residents have taken to the park to enjoy the surroundings or to play with a beloved pet. The park is also being used by health enthusiasts along the walking paths. A pavilion is scheduled to be erected at a later date, in order to provide shade and comfort.
Robbie Conley, Architect worked closely with the mayor and council during the design phase of this project providing numerous update meetings, council presentations, and also regulatory coordination to ensure the complete satisfaction of the Borough of Woodbury Heights and its resident.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by the City of Cape May to design an addition on to the existing firehouse, with it then turning out that the firehouse would need to be rebuilt. This new firehouse was started in 2020 and completed in 2023, with it ending up being a 15,000 square foot building.
It was designed to have a total of seven engine bays, and three of those being apparatus bays. It also has a full gear room for all firefighters, decontamination/laundry, two full kitchens, a training room and office spaces. Not only this but the City of Cape May has a house program for their full time firemen, and this includes seven bunk rooms, and separate showers and lockers for men and women.
RCA worked closely with the City of Cape May as well as the Fire Department to create best possible design for them, as well as staying inside the lines of the historic preservation of the city. The Design choices were chosen specifically for the area of a beach town as well as giving back to the history of the city.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by Laurelton Firehouse to design an addition on to the existing firehouse in 2019, but then ended up designing a new firehouse with its construction being completed in 2021
This firehouse was designed for volunteer firefighter, so it has included a ready room for those people and of this being a smaller firehouse it only has two bays, one for an engine, and one for an apparatus. This being said this fire house has the main necessities that these firefighters need to do their everyday duty like, a radio room, a decontamination room and even a kitchen area as well as a relaxing area
RCA primarily worked with the chiefs of this fire department as well as the Township of brick. During this process every design choice was made to be suited to the firemen’s jobs as well as the keep a nice aesthetic to the exterior of the building. In this process many option were shown but ultimately this was the most cost effective and efficient one, as well as best designed one for the firefighters needs.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by the Township of Washington in 2018 to design a new firehouse for their department as well as a connecting first aid squad that would be connected to the building.
RCA designed this building with the idea of it being used for volunteer firefighters and with the use of volunteer EMS squads. This building has a total of eight bays, five of these are for the fire department, having three engines, one apparatus, and space for a boat and trailer. The other three of these bays are used for the EMS side of the building, having two for ambulances and one for a truck. Even though this building is design for the volunteers, there was the included house program with women and men’s bunks, with showers and lockers, in the case that there is full time for either side. With this added both sides also have their own gear/equipment rooms, as well as their own decontamination room. Upstairs there is more area for a house program as well as office spaces and a lounge/day room for all the workers, which also includes a full kitchen.
RCA primarily worked with the Township of Washington, with the input of the chiefs of both squads of the fire department and the EMS. The design process of this project was different than others because rather than only working with the town and fire department, in this case the EMS was included and was designed for some of these spaces being shared, while also having some spaces that were separate for certain parts of the building. Overall this building was a huge success, all choices of the design worked out great and this building is now up and running as of 2022.
Robbie Conley, Architect was contracted by Woodbury Heights in 2012 to do a complete rebuild of their firehouse. This project was a great meaning to RCA because of our owner Robbie Conley being Chief of Woodbury Heights Fire Department.
Woodbury Heights firehouse is primarily for volunteer firefighters, but with the addition to adding bunk rooms in the case that there is career firefighters that start working in Woodbury Heights. When designing it like every other fire house they needed a ready room, lockers and shower and even a kitchen area. This firehouse has two kitchen areas one private for the firefighters and the other connected to their multipurpose room for public uses too. In this design they were also given a big gear area and storage room connected to the bay, there are a total of 3 engine bays and 1 drive thru apparatus bay.
RCA worked the town of Woodbury Heights and the fire department in order to complete this rebuild. The rebuild was needed after the firehouse was destroyed and when doing this project RCA would work very closely to the fire department, with our owner Robbie Conley being the chief of the fire department, he knew exactly what they needed and what would work best for them. In the end this was the best design chosen for them and was completed in 2015 where it still stands today.
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Rio Grande Fire Company | Middle Township, NJ |
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Parsippany Fire District #5 | Parsippany, NJ |
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Pittsgrove Township District #3 | Pittsgrove Township, NJ |
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Gloucester Township Fire District #5 | Gloucester Township, NJ |
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Gloucester Township Fire District #1 | Gloucester Township, NJ |
Gloucester Township Fire District #3 | Gloucester Township, NJ |
Harrisonville Fire Company | Harrisonville, NJ |
New Milford Fire Department | New Milford, NJ |
Whippany Fire Department | Hanover Township, NJ |
Newark Fire Department | Newark, NJ |
Harmony Fire Company | Harrison Twp. NJ |
Washington Township Fire District | Washington Twp. NJ |
Lake Como First Aid Squad | Lake Como, NJ |
Summit First Aid Squad | Summit, NJ |
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Endeavor First Aide Squad | Burlington NJ |
Maple Shade First Aid | Maple Shade, NJ |
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Woodbury Heights Fire Department | Woodbury Heights NJ |
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Woodbury Police Department | Woodbury, NJ |
New Jersey State Police Barracks | Holmdel, NJ |
South Orange Rescue Squad | South Orange, NJ |
Williamstown Fire Company | Monroe Township, NJ |
Cecil Fire Company | Monroe Township, NJ |
Cape May Fire Department | City of Cape May, NJ |
Laurelton Fire Company No.1 | Brick Township, NJ |
Township of Washington | Bergen County, NJ |