La Crosse Fire Station No. 4

In the winter of 2021 and well into design of La Crosse Fire Station No. 2, Wendel’s team was hired by the City of La Crosse to begin design and ultimately perform construction management services on the city’s new Fire Station No. 4, located on the city’s North side.

The project consisted of the city purchasing seven homes next to their existing fire station No. 4 to ultimately raze and become home for the new fire station. Original concepts also had the existing station no. 4 being demolished to allow for the construction of station no. 4, however the city elected to keep the existing station, allowing it to remain and potentially be purchased by a private entity.

This four-bay station includes living quarters for eight personal, state of the art decontamination areas, exercise room and a watch office overlooking the front apron and apparatus bays.

Also included in the design is a community room with a generous lobby to display the department’s rich history. Police entities are included in the design to allow for a “satellite” station for their use in lieu of traveling back to the main police headquarters.

Wendel was contracted to perform all design and construction management activities using our Master-Builder® Approach.