Sandyford Fire Station live on Monday + Open Day Gallery

The City’s first brand new community fire station opens on Monday. Sandyford Community Fire Station will ‘go live’ on 25th October at 8.30am.

The new state of the art station, located on Reginald Mitchell Way, will be crewed 24/7 by 28 firefighters working over four shifts. There will be one fire engine and two specialist appliances. The two storey building includes a partner room and a community room, outside there is drill yard and a training building and tower.

Drop in sessions for members of the public will be running from Wednesday 27th October – Friday 29th October from 2pm – 4pm and on Saturday 30th October from 1pm – 4pm. No booking is required and attendees will get a tour of the new station and have the opportunity to find out more about the fire and rescue service. Car parking is free and refreshments will be provided.

Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive, Peter Dartford said:

“To have the City’s first new community fire station open is fantastic news. Our existing fire stations were designed to keep members of the public out - this building is exactly the opposite, it’s a community facility that also happens to be a fire station.

“We’d encourage members of the public to attend the drop in sessions we are holding to find out more about the station and the facilities on offer.”

Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Authority, Cllr Len Bloomer added:

“It’s a very exciting time for both the Service and the community who will benefit from this new station. The team have worked extremely hard to ensure that this project has been delivered on time, to an excellent quality and to budget, so to meet this important milestone is a real achievement.”

The station is one of ten new community fire stations being built under a private finance initiative (PFI) project. The consortium delivering the project is called Fire Support. Construction company Thomas Vale have constructed the new building and COFELY Ltd will provide the ongoing facilities management.

Ian Bolden, General Manager, Fire Support said:

“Sandyford is the first of the 24/7 crewed stations to be delivered by Fire Support. It has been an ambitious programme to keep on schedule but this has been achieved, mainly through sheer determination of all those involved to produce a quality building on time. This really is a shining example of the value of private and public sector working together.”

It was a risk profile of the area, based on several years worth of data that identified Sandyford as an area that would benefit from a fire station. The location on Reginald Mitchell Way was chosen due to its good access to the road networks in the area.

The new station will complement nearby fire stations in Kidsgrove to the north and Burslem to the south, both of which will move to being retained fire stations when Sandyford opens.

The county’s first new community fire station at Rising Brook, Stafford is already proving a success. In the first three weeks of opening over 550 members of the public attended drop in sessions. Since then a local high school and pre schools are attending weekly learning sessions and firefighters are running health walks for the local community.