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  2. Vitra Fire Station - Wikipedia

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    Concrete and steel. Size. 852 m 2 (9,170 sq ft) Design and construction. Architect (s) Zaha Hadid. The Vitra Fire Station is a concrete and steel building of 852 m 2 (9,170 sq ft) located at the Vitra Furniture factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany. [1] Completed in 1993, it was the first constructed project by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.

  3. The Station nightclub fire - Wikipedia

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    230. The Station nightclub fire occurred on the evening of February 20, 2003, at The Station, a nightclub and hard rock music venue located at 211 Cowesett Avenue in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people and injuring 230. During a concert by the rock band Jack Russell's Great White, an offshoot of the original Great ...

  4. San Jose Central Fire Station - Wikipedia

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    January 7, 2015. The San Jose Central Fire Station, also known as San Jose Fire Station One, was the central fire station for the San Jose Fire Department in downtown San Jose, California. The International -style firehouse was designed by the architectural firm Binder & Curtis and built in 1951. The station became the city's central fire ...

  5. Fireman's pole - Wikipedia

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    Fireman's pole. A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a standard staircase.

  6. Zaha Hadid - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, he invited Hadid to design a small fire station for the factory. Her design, made of raw concrete and glass, was a sculptural work composed of sharp diagonal forms colliding together in the centre. The design plans appeared in architecture magazines before construction. When completed, it only served as a fire station for a short ...

  7. Halligan bar - Wikipedia

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    History. The Halligan bar was designed by New York City Fire Department (FDNY) First Deputy Chief Hugh Halligan in 1948 and was named after him. That same year, blacksmith Peter Clarke made the first prototype of the tool. [3] Despite its popularity among FDNY ladder companies, the department initially refrained from purchasing the tool to ...