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With this growth, then, will come a new
headquarters for the Prince Frederick Vol-
unteer Rescue Squad.
Station Build
Cons truc tion on the squad's new
25,000-square-foot facility will begin in
August 2017, and it's scheduled to open in
October 2018. Architectural, structural and
civil engineering design services will come
from Whitney Bailey Cox & Magnani LLC;
mechanical, electrical and plumbing engi-
neering design services via Gipe Associates
Inc. The architectural design team consisted
of Stephen Burdette, Dina Markakis and
Joseph Moyer.
Per its plans, the new HQ will differ from
common rescue squad headquarters in a
number of ways. Situated on Solomons
Island Road, an important artery that serves
as two state highways (Maryland Routes 2
and 4), the building has a street-facing side
and non-street-facing side but notably not
a front and back.
The east side of the building, with direct
access via traffic signal onto Solomons
Island Road, is optimized to create an unin-
terrupted path for ambulances to access the
road. The pedestrian entrance, along with
staff and visitor parking, is on the west side.
Signage on the east and west sides of the
building creates a distinct public presence,
and its brick exterior echoes the nearby
municipal buildings of Calvert County.
To comply with Maryland's stormwater
management criteria, the building had to
sit within the footprint of the existing build-
ing. As a result, the depth in the façade is
created not by an oscillating footprint, but
projections of varying depth applied to a
flat façade. A canopy extends diagonally
eight feet out on the west and east sides,
creating an extended bay and a feature that
visually pulls a viewer in. The contemporary
bay window on the street-facing side serves
the same purpose. Waiting for calls, EMTs
may occupy the break room behind the bay
window and be visible to the outside.
Artist renderings courtesy Dina Markakis