Another One: GuernseyTingle Celebrates Fire Station Ribbon Cutting in Growing Chesterfield

The GuernseyTingle team was on hand for the ribbon cutting of Matoaca Fire Station 8 in Chesterfield, Virginia, the third state-of-the-art facility the firm has designed for Chesterfield County Fire and EMS in the past several years.

Fire Station 8 serves the village of Matoaca, one of the oldest in a growing Chesterfield County. Matoaca obtained its fire department through the efforts of its Civic League in 1950.

The new $12.5 million facility, centrally located off Hickory Road, allows crews to provide improved coverage to over 24 percent more territory in an immediate service area that will expand to 24 square miles. The strategic location will allow firefighters to reach the scene of a fire or life-threatening emergency faster, and it will bring more than 2,800 new addresses in the county to within five road miles of a fire station.

The 15,000 square foot fire station will also better accommodate a larger contingent of on-duty staff and allow the relocation of a ladder truck so that it can provide much broader coverage across southern Chesterfield. Officials note that Chesterfield County has one of the highest ISO (Insurance Services Office) Fire Scores in the nation, a measure of how well a fire department can protect communities and homes.

Previously, they were operating out of a building leased to them by the Matoaca United Methodist Church. They continued to operate out of this building throughout construction. Matoaca’s new fire station project officially began with the groundbreaking of the site which took place on October 24, 2022, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new station took place on September 4, 2024.

GuernseyTingle has significant experience designing modern fire station facilities and has a longstanding relationship with Chesterfield County. Previously, the firm played a key role in designing Chesterfield’s Midlothian Station 5 and Magnolia Green Station 25, both 15,000 square foot facilities serving more than 50,000 local residents combined.

Other members of the design team for Fire Station 8 included Daniel & Company, Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects, VHB, Thompson Consulting Engineers, Lynch Mykins, and Schnabel Engineering. The station was constructed by Daniel & Company.

To learn more about GuernseyTingle’s expertise designing public safety facilities for state and local clients, visit guernseytingle.com/our-work.