The Voorhees Planning Board approved plans for a new fire station at its recent meeting.
The plans, completed over last three years, are in the process of being finalized and sent out to bid, Fire Chief Jim Pacifico said.
The new station will be built at the site of the existing station at 2002 South Burnt Mill Road.
The state of the art, 19,000-square foot station, will be about 10,000-square feet larger than the currently existing one, and drastically update the existing facilities.
“We’ll have full facilities at the new station,” Pacifico said. “New bunk rooms, gear rooms, training spaces, offices and a community room for the public and outside organizations. This will enable us to expand certain programs, and gives us a specific place for the Virtua Paramedic truck, giving residents quicker access to life support services.”
Read the Feb. 9 print edition of The Voorhees Sun for more details, as well as the chief’s reaction to the recently proposed county police and fire merger.
