North Roanoke County
Fire Station No. 1

This new one-story pre-engineered metal building structure wrapped in a stone and brick façade is the first in Roanoke County since the 1970’s.  With 16,470 square feet enclosed, the building program includes 3 double-loaded drive-through apparatus bays; decontamination and tool maintenance facilities and training areas on two levels. The residential quarters for 12 firefighters plus supervisors include a common bunkroom, private baths, fitness training room, dayroom, dining room, kitchen and laundry.  Business spaces include offices for a captain, battalion chief and EMS; a conference/training room, public lobby and public toilets.

Exterior finishes include a brick and stone veneer and metal roofs echoing the façade of the adjacent Harshbarger House, an historic home built in 1804.  Smaller scale stone bays with arched openings help reduce the scale of the building and blend it with its historic and natural context.

Most of the 9.7 acre site has been left undeveloped with stands of deciduous and evergreen trees dotting a rocky hillside.  A new screen of plantings will hide the new building from its neighbors. 

Associated architects for this project are Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects of Gastonia, NC.