Contract signed for new Hereford fire station
The new fire station aims to be completed in early 2027
The contract for the new Hereford Fire Station has been signed.
Contractors, Speller Metcalfe will start construction of the temporary fire station in Mortimer Road, Hereford, aiming to complete the work around June 2025.
Demolition of the existing fire station in St Owen Street will begin and work on the new building will then start, having an overall duration of around 86 weeks.
The new fire station should then be completed in early 2027.
It marks an investment of around £14m by Hereford & Worcester Fire Authority into Hereford city, which they say will provide a 'new, modern, and efficient fire station for Herefordshire', that will 'complement those new fire stations which have been built across Worcestershire'.
The new building will also have accommodation for the district staff. and capacity to be used by all of the service, and support recruitment, prevention and protection activities.