This facility received the Combination Bronze award in the 2025 Firehouse Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
The existing fire station for the city of Andover was up against the pressure of serving a rapidly growing population, facing limitations supporting modern apparatus, inadequate space for operations and sharing headquarters with a county EMS crew that was in need of significant maintenance. The design team partnered with the city and Andover Fire-Rescue to launch a comprehensive study to assess the station’s limitations, explore new site options, and define the operational and spatial needs for both current and future facilities.
The result? A plan that not only addressed today’s challenges but laid the groundwork for tomorrow’s growth. The outcome was twofold: a new headquarters and a revitalized station. The new headquarters, Station 2, was placed strategically to serve Andover’s southernmost residents, where response times were most strained…