This facility received the Volunteer/Combination Bronze Award in Firehouse's 2017 Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
At Fire District No. 66 in the Township of Voorhees, NJ, the existing Fire Station 662 had been in need of major improvements for quite some time. The ever-growing services provided by the Voorhees Fire District meant that this station could no longer accommodate the equipment and crew required to meet the township needs.
The district determined that the most cost-efficient solution would be to build a new station in lieu of extensive renovations, upgrades and additions to the existing facility. Because the existing station site is centrally located to the response area to be served by the new station, the new Voorhees Fire Station is constructed on the same site as the existing station, eliminating the additional cost of site acquisition. This decision necessitated a two-phased construction project, building the crew and apparatus areas of the new facility first, allowing the existing station to continue operations during construction. The demolition of the existing building and the construction of the Phase II administration areas of the new fire station followed Phase I completion.
This new facility houses not only the fire crew, administration and apparatus, but will also be home to EMS for Voorhees Township. The building is sited on a corner lot that fronts on a county road, allowing fire trucks and equipment full drive-through access to the engine bays. Additional parking is off of Spruce Avenue and out of the way of the exiting of the emergency vehicles.
The new fire station includes four double-long engine bays, housing a total of nine vehicles. The crew side of the station contains bunk rooms for both fulltime and volunteer fire and EMS crews. The administration side of the station includes several offices for both fire and EMS officers, a meeting/conference room, a technology work room and a main entrance and reception area.
Architect: Rodier Ebersberger Architects LLC
