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“We are extremely excited to be working
with Bernardon on this new firehouse
project. The new station will make BFC a
more responsive and efficient operation,
and will allow us to continue to serve the
community for decades to come.”

—Jim Capuzzi, President, Broomall Fire Company

Broomall Fire Company

Owner/User: Broomall Fire Company

Location: Broomall, Pennsylvania
Design Statement: Bernardon provided design services
for a new fire station at the former Marple School site
for the Broomall Fire Company (BFC). BFC, or Company
53, was established in 1923 by a group of twenty-six men
whose sole purpose was to establish fire protection for
the growing Marple Township community. Today, BFC
serves well over 24,000 citizens and protects an area of
approximately 11 square miles, including a large stretch
of Interstate 476. The existing firehouse, which was built approximately 70 people, day room with full-service kitchen, five
in 1957, was insufficiently sized to accommodate today’s private bunk rooms, and a museum that highlights the history
modern fire apparatus, and is obsolete relative to the recent of BFC and houses “The Mack”, BFC’s antique engine. The new
advances in fire-fighting technology. station significantly improves functionality and optimizes
response time, substantial benefit to the community, its
The new 22,000 SF station, located across the street from residents, and the men and women who provide the life-saving
the existing firehouse, features five apparatus bays with services for the fire company. Furthermore, the prominent siting
one drive-thru bay, training room that accommodates of the new station on West Chester Pike signals the increased
service commitment the Broomall Fire Company will make in the
Marple community.

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