Virginia Beach VA First Landing Fire & Rescue Station

The First Landing Fire and Rescue Station, located in Virginia Beach, stands just a few hundred feet from the Chesapeake Bay shoreline. The need for this station was driven by the exponential growth occurring in this area.

Serving as a design consultant on the project, Stewart-Cooper-Newell worked with the local architect of record, ACA Architects P.C., to carry the project through programming and schematic design. The station includes four drive-through bays, a three-story training tower in the rear, a separate boat storage building that also serves as a covered kiosk for the community bike path, and an apparatus fueling station.

The building exterior is designed to reflect many of the area’s coastal building characteristics. The training tower mimics many characteristics of a Coast Guard tower, including the observation walk at its top. The city plans to use the design for this station as a prototype for future Virginia Beach Fire Department substations.