Fairfax County Crews Move Into New Lorton Fire Station

LORTON, VA — Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department crews on Wednesday moved into the new Lorton Volunteer Fire Station, a two-story facility with 23,000 square feet of space.

The $14.8 million project included the construction of four apparatus bays to accommodate equipment. The building, Station 19, also includes space for the station's volunteer firefighters.

The new fire station, at 7701 Armistead Road in Lorton, features a kitchen, laundry room, fitness room, locker rooms and a large community hall.

To accommodate the construction, crews moved out of their old station in 2018. Firefighters and paramedics have been working out of trailers behind the Lorton Volunteer Fire Station while the new building was under construction on the 3.3-acre site near Lorton Road.

The new fire station project has a brick and stone veneer, high efficiency windows and insulated metal exterior doors.

Fairfax County is also building a new South County Police Station in Lorton, which is scheduled to open in spring 2023. The additional police station will allow the Fairfax County Police Department to organize smaller patrol areas and decrease response times throughout the county. The site will also be home to Fairfax County's second animal shelter. Animals in the south county area must be transported long distances to the current shelter in Fairfax.

The $30 million facility is being built on a parcel of land off Lorton Road known as the “Triangle,” located between the intersections of Workhouse and Hooes Roads.

Other county projects in Lorton include a new community center on Richmond Highway that will be co-located with a remodeled library and space for a nonprofit community group. The complex, described as a "supermarket of human services," will include a 30,000-square-foot community center and an additional 6,000 square feet for the Lorton community library. It's scheduled to open later this year.