Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

“When minutes count, count on us.” That’s the pledge to residents and business owners in Palm Beach County from Fire and Rescue. The skilled men and women of the fire service protect more than 1800 square miles with a population of more than 745,000. The combined fire and medical runs totals more than 103,000 per year.

These simple facts mandate a highly trained and responsive fire rescue operation with a wide reach and strategically assigned personnel and equipment to provide excellent protection services 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

This proud operation recently moved into its new headquarters on Pike Road and quickly pressed the new facilities into service.

“The campus here is five new buildings that give us room to breathe and provide a much needed update for technology, equipment and training,” said PBCFR PIO Capt. Don Delucia.  The site construction was handled by CR Klewin. The roofing systems were engineered and installed by Advanced Roofing.

“We wanted the best to handle the demands of this job, so we went with Advanced Roofing, knowing they would meet expectations, timelines and provide the quality job this project demanded,” said Rick Adam, Construction Manager for CR Klewin.

“This was a unique job on many levels for us,” said Chris Felix, Advanced Roofing project manager. The Advanced crews installed three different types of roofing material on five buildings. Shingles, modified bitumen and metal systems were all used. The two main buildings have both standing seam metal and modified bitumen roofing systems. “We worked closely with the construction manager to establish a project timeline. There are very different procedures for the different systems and they had to be installed at different times during the construction. When we were on, our crews got to work and the finished product is a really nice example of Advanced Roofing workmanship,” said Felix.

“Advanced Roofing made the complicated logistics of this job run smoothly,” said Adam. Chris Felix was on task from the first day through the whole project so we had a good flow of communication and coordination,” explained Adam.

Timing was critical to the smooth flow of this large-scale project. Every piece of the plan had to meet its deadline or the ripple effect of one missed step could cause costly delays down the line. In addition, all safety requirements were met including full harnesses for metal roof work and complete OSHA compliance at all times.

“This is a functional and attractive place for the members of Palm Beach County Fire rescue to come to work every day,” said PIO Delucia. “We’re very proud of what we do and you can see that our new buildings are a reflection of the pride of the companies that did the work.”

“I’m very close to this project,” admitted Felix who worked on this job from bid to close-out. “It makes me proud to drive by and know what we accomplished.  Even better, I know that’s what we do every day.”