 Fire Station Health Centers are built on the simple concept that we should deliver care where people live at a time that's convenient to them and at a place they know and trust. Alameda County, like the rest of America, suffers from a significant shortage of primary and preventative care. The development of the Fire Station Health Centers concept has been a collaboration from the beginning involving public agencies, healthcare providers, architects, fire departments, labor groups, and faith-based and community organizations. Public architecture was one design group involved early on. Public architecture assessed fire station sites all across Alameda County from a functional and financial standpoint. We also looked at the neighborhoods surrounding those sites to really understand what their healthcare needs are so that we could prioritize the selection of sites in places that have the greatest need. As designers, we're really interested in this idea because it shows the role that community-centered design can play to increase healthcare, not only in Alameda County, but all over the country. Fire stations are believed to be a fabulous location to co-locate these clinics. Firefighters traditionally have a great relationship within the community. We enter people's homes on a daily basis. The trust and respect that we have is incredible. The familiarity is there for them to come and get the care that they so desperately need without having to use a 911 system.