Fire Halls & Emergency Services

Fire halls planned around how crews respond.

From the call to out the door. A fire hall's layout affects how quickly and safely crews respond. We work with fire chiefs to set a practical, budget-conscious scope, build the case for funding, and lead planning, procurement and site oversight through to handover.

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What fire chiefs get

Rural and urban departments often have no dedicated planning resource, and most architects and general project managers don't know how these buildings need to work. We bring fire-service experience to that gap and work with the chief from first idea to handover.

Turnout gear on red lockers in a fire station

A scope your crews recognize

A space program built with the firefighters who will use the building.

Costs Council can trust

Costed options and an independent quantity-surveyor Class D estimate (an early estimate made before design), with site costs checked before Council sees them.

A Council-ready package

Scope, cost range, schedule, delivery method, risks and funding options in one decision package. Then procurement and delivery through to handover.

Mexsig projects

Jamieson Road Fire Hall Replacement

MD of Bighorn No. 8, AB · 2025 · Project manager, Phase 1 front end

Three costed options, an independent Class D estimate and a Council-ready package in 16 weeks. Case study

Fire Hall 117 FEED Study

City of Chestermere, AB · 2024–2025

Front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a new fire hall ahead of design-build. Scope right-sized and a project budget of about $14.9M set before design, with a decision briefing for Council.

Voyageur Non-Process Buildings

Suncor Energy, AB · $930M+ capital program · 2006–2009, 2011–2013

A group of buildings, including utilities, a fire hall and a lab, supporting the Voyageur Upgrader.

Sig's experience before Mexsig was founded in 2013.

Team experience: City of Calgary emergency services

The following projects are experience of our fire-service lead, Greg Wilkes, during 30 years with the Calgary Fire Department. They were not Mexsig contracts.

Symons Valley Fire Station No. 40. LEED Gold station with redundant power, stormwater recharge and greywater reuse.
Royal Vista Multi-Service Facility & Station No. 34. LEED Gold hub combining Fire, Police and EMS with community space.
Douglas Glen Fire Station No. 39. Southeast Calgary station with the city's first Fire Investigation Bay.
Seton Fire Station No. 41. 28,300 sf LEED Silver multi-service facility with a 65-ft hose tower.
Emergency Operations Centre. LEED Silver underground facility for up to 60 agencies, completed before the 2013 floods.

Who you work with

Sigfrido (Sig) Pacheco-Vega

M.Eng., P.Eng., PMP, LEED AP. President and project manager. 27+ years.

Greg Wilkes

Fire Services Advisor. Former Deputy Chief, Calgary Fire Department. 30 years of fire-service capital programs and facilities planning.

"Your team got us from zero to having a Council package ready for review and approval."Rob Duffy, Fire Chief, Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8

Planning a fire hall or a municipal capital project?

Call Sig directly. A first conversation about scope, budget and funding costs nothing. We reply within one business day.

Call 587.830.1371 Email Sig