Williamsburg (VA) FD Celebrates Grand Opening of New Fire Station

City of Williamsburg Fire Station, 440 North Boundary Street. (Source: Williamsburg Fire Department Facebook page)
City of Williamsburg Fire Station, 440 North Boundary Street. (Source: Williamsburg Fire Department Facebook page)

The Williamsburg Fire Department celebrated the grand opening of a the new fire station on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

Firefighters began using the 31,000-square-foot station Oct. 30.

The city says that the new station has a state-of-the-art station alerting system, individual bunkrooms, an emphasis on firefighter health and safety, cancer preventative measures, a museum and an emergency operations center, according to a press release.

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