We are proud to celebrate the recent groundbreaking for the Charles County Fire and EMS Station in Waldorf, Maryland.

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In 2019, our team began working with Charles County Government to design a first-of-its-kind building for the Emergency Services Department. The County decided to build its first new fire station in years. This fire station will contain gender-neutral facilities, appropriate decontamination spaces, separate contaminated and clean zones. The Fire EMS Station will house three drive-through apparatus bays split by a personnel decontamination suite and living quarters. The civic building is expected to open in late 2026.

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The exterior design takes its inspiration from the County’s first fire station with a brick façade, framed glass apparatus doors, a tower element, smaller punched windows, and some metal detailing at significant building elements.

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Community-Sensitive, Environmentally-Sound

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Originally developed as a two-story station to fit on a multi-use site, a drastic local increase in construction costs forced the re-design of Station 18 as a single-story scheme. The resulting design moved closer to the existing Barrick building to the north but built within the County’s budget. The three-bay design uses brick, metal and fiber cement for longevity and includes a taller parapet at the public entry to aid wayfinding for the public.