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Williamsburg Fire Department celebrates grand opening of new fire station

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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The city of Williamsburg has a new fire station.

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The Williamsburg Fire Department celebrated the grand opening of a the new fire station on Wednesday, according to a recent release. Firefighters began using the 31,000-square-foot station on Oct. 30.

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The city says that the new station has a state-of-the-art station alerting system, individual bunkrooms, an emphasis on firefighter health and safety, cancer preventative measures, a museum and an emergency operations center.

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Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department President Rodney Freeman, Williamsburg Fire Chief Larry W. Snyder Jr. and Mayor Douglas G. Pons all spoke at the grand opening, according to a recent release from the city.