Credits: In Association with RRMM Architects of Norfolk, Virginia.
Tecton provided programming, and design services through the design development phase to RRMM Architects for the 25,000 SF Suffolk Fire and Rescue Headquarters.

The final design includes a fire station with three extended-length drive-through apparatus bays, 18 individual bunkrooms, a fitness center, a decontamination area, a spacious sunlit day room and a commercial kitchen. Traditional locker room/shower areas are designed as individual shower rooms and the turn-out gear room features 54 personal lockers.

The new administrative wing is connected to the station by a central core that houses an Emergency Operations Center, back-up E-911 and the Suffolk Fire Department Museum, which showcases station memorabilia and an antique fire engine once used by the department.

As Suffolk's all-department communications center in the event of a weather emergency, the facility is also designed with projectile-resistant window glazing, Category II hurricane wind-loading protection, tear-off resistant roofing and an emergency helipad.