For several years, plans have been in the works to reconstruct some of Largo’s oldest fire stations. The first on that list is Station 39 in the Ridgecrest area of unincorporated Largo, TBNWeekly.com reported.

According to city documents, Fire Station 39 has exceeded its useful life and is in need of a roof replacement and internal renovations. The building also has no separate living quarters and has inadequate storage space for the needs of the department.

A fire official said the new site at the northeast corner of Wilcox Road and Jackson Street will give the station more space and will speed up response times, the report said. The county will swap with the city the land where the current Station 39 sits in exchange for the new site, according to the report.

Construction of the station is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024, the report said.

Stations 38 and 42 are next in line for reconstruction projects, according to the report.

The old Dorchester County Fire Station on Ladson Road is getting some much needed improvements. The old fire station had been there since the 1970s, but there will soon be a brand new facility, ABCNews4.com reported.

The new station will include four bays, office space, living quarters and bunk rooms, the report said. There will also be a room dedicated to decontaminated gear of harmful chemicals.

The project costs more than $3 million and is part of the Oakbrook Redevelopment Plan.

City leaders and fire department personnel from Statesville (NC) officially broke ground on the new location for Fire Station 1 Wednesday, WBTV.com reported.

According to a news release, the new station, located at the intersection of Wilson W. Lee Boulevard and Charlotte Avenue, will replace the existing station, and accommodate the city’s growing needs.

Construction of the 26,000-square-foot, two-story fire station is set to begin once site work is substantially complete. The $10 million facility is estimated to be completed in February 2024. 

The new fire station will house administrative staff and other city departments on the lower level while the upper level will house bunk rooms, showers, kitchen, training, and fitness areas for the fire staff. The Apparatus Bay will consist of four pull-through bays and two mezzanines that will provide additional storage and training needs. In addition, there will be a three-story training tower on site, which will be utilized by the fire staff for various training exercises, the report said.

Talks of a new fire station in Waverly (NE) date back over a decade, and a new set of renderings show how the project could come into view — as a joint effort with the city of Waverly, Wahoo-Ashland-Waverly.com reported.

Renderings of the facility, which would house Waverly Fire and Rescue and the city’s offices, were on display at Waverly Fire and Rescue’s annual breakfast in late October, the report said.

But JEO Consulting Group’s conceptual design made its public debut on November 21 at an open house presentation at Waverly’s existing fire station. Its price tag is estimated at $11 million — $3 million for the city side of the building and $8 million for the fire station, the report said.

If the proposed design is built, the fire station’s square footage would triple, from 6,500 to 20,000, and would grow the department’s apparatus bays from the current four to eight in the new building, according to the report.

A fire official said the fire department and city will seek additional input on the conceptual design from the public, as the design is not yet “set in stone.”

A timeline and funding options for the project have not yet been established, a Waverly city official said.