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13 June 2025
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Fire stations of the world: Walpole Fire Station, Walpole, Massachusetts, US
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The new Walpole Fire Station opened on 2 June 2018. The Walpole Fire Rescue building was constructed on the site of the old Main Fire Station on Stone Street, Walpole in Massachusetts in the US. The new, multi-storey fire station is 22 000 square feet and houses all of the Town of Walpole’s fire operations including administration, firefighting, rescue and dispatch services. The building includes six double-depth apparatus bays, which house the department’s fire engines, ladder truck, ambulances and other support vehicles. The two-storey administration and support wing houses the Department’s administrative offices, watch-room, back-up dispatch and bunking quarters for the fire fighters.
The Fire Station has a new fuel station for the Town located on the site.
Mitchell Associates worked with Schwartz/Silver (Architect of Record) on the design of the new Central Fire Rescue Station. The new station was located in the same place as the old station; construction therefore required that the fire company work out of a temporary four-bay apparatus tent with bunking as swing space while the new facility was being built.
Mitchell Associates provided firematic programming for the new station. The new facility, which is approximately twice the size of the old station, features six double-depth apparatus bays, firematic support spaces, 11 firefighter bunk rooms, a kitchen and day room, administrative offices and training areas and an exercise mezzanine. The kitchen includes a large, custom table that uses repurposed and repainted old fire hydrants as pedestals.
In addition to the fire rescue equipment and staff, the facility also houses Walpole’s emergency medical services vehicles, equipment and responders.
The new station alleviates overcrowding issues in the existing station, upgrades firematic health and safety systems and provides work space and training for personnel.
Sources: Mitchell Associates Architects, Schwartz/Silver, G&R Construction
The Fire Station has a new fuel station for the Town located on the site.
Mitchell Associates worked with Schwartz/Silver (Architect of Record) on the design of the new Central Fire Rescue Station. The new station was located in the same place as the old station; construction therefore required that the fire company work out of a temporary four-bay apparatus tent with bunking as swing space while the new facility was being built.
Mitchell Associates provided firematic programming for the new station. The new facility, which is approximately twice the size of the old station, features six double-depth apparatus bays, firematic support spaces, 11 firefighter bunk rooms, a kitchen and day room, administrative offices and training areas and an exercise mezzanine. The kitchen includes a large, custom table that uses repurposed and repainted old fire hydrants as pedestals.
In addition to the fire rescue equipment and staff, the facility also houses Walpole’s emergency medical services vehicles, equipment and responders.
The new station alleviates overcrowding issues in the existing station, upgrades firematic health and safety systems and provides work space and training for personnel.
Sources: Mitchell Associates Architects, Schwartz/Silver, G&R Construction
