Loudoun Celebrates Grand Opening of Lucketts Fire Station

LUCKETTS, VA — Loudoun County officials held a grand opening and dedication ceremony Thursday for the new fire and rescue station in Lucketts.

Officials from the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System and the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors joined first responders and residents to celebrate the opening of the new fire station.

The Lucketts Fire and Rescue Station, at 42429 Lucketts Road, is on a 14-acre parcel adjacent to the old Lucketts Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station, which was built in 1960. The new 18,000-square-foot facility houses an engine, ambulance and tanker that are staffed 24 hours a day.

With its location near the Potomac River, the Lucketts Station is home to the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Swiftwater Rescue Team.

Assistant County Administrator Erin McLellan emceed the event with Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall, Catoctin District Supervisor Caleb Kershner, Lucketts Volunteer Fire Company Chief Robert Gant and System Chief Keith Johnson addressing the crowd.

The new Lucketts Fire and Rescue Station features a one-story design. The station includes four pull-through apparatus bays, seven two-person bunk rooms, a training room, restrooms, showers, kitchen and dining areas, supply storage, gear storage area, fitness room, offices, and a repair shop.

Instead of a ribbon-cutting, Fire and Rescue personnel and County leadership participated in a traditional “uncoupling ceremony” replacing the standard ribbon and scissors with two sections of fire hose.