On July 27, the Board of Supervisors accepted the donation of 3.5 acres in surplus property from the School Board for the purpose of constructing a new fire station next to Laurel Meadow Elementary School. The School Board donated the property at its meeting earlier this month.

New Fire Station #17 will meet emergency needs in that area of the County and improve response times. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a conditional use permit allowing the construction of the fire station on October 20; the Board’s public hearing will be on November 9.

If the Board approves the request, design and permitting would commence and take about 6 months with construction potentially beginning next summer. The budget adopted for Fiscal Year 2023 by the Board of Supervisors includes $11 million for the new Station.

Hanover received a federal grant to hire 12 firefighters for the station in 2019. Those firefighters have been deployed and are currently stationed at Mechanicsville Fire Station No. 7.

More information on Proposed Fire Station 17 can be read at https://www.hanovercounty.gov/1207/Proposed-Fire-Station-17