Fire Station 22 & Sheriff’s Operations Center at Silverleaf
Quick Overview
This station will provide a level of service comparable to that being provided to other areas of the County with similar populations and building densities due to rapid and exponential growth in this area.
Project Description
St. Johns County officials celebrated the groundbreaking of Fire Station 22 and a new St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center on March 12. The approximately $13 million, 20,000-square-foot public safety facility will serve residents in the north-central region of the county, including the Silverleaf community and surrounding areas along County Road 210 and State Road 16A.
The new facility will house both St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, allowing emergency responders and law enforcement personnel to operate from a shared location designed to improve coordination and response times.
Fire Rescue operations at the station will include a fire engine, tower truck, tanker, rescue unit, and a battalion chief. The station will be staffed by approximately 33 firefighters across three shifts, with 11 firefighters assigned per shift to provide around-the-clock emergency response. Members of a recently graduated Fire Rescue recruit class are expected to be among the first personnel assigned to the station.
The Sheriff’s Office portion of the facility will include space for the Criminal Investigations Division, allowing detectives to operate from the new operations center rather than their current workspace near the St. Johns County Detention Facility. The move will provide additional workspace and allow investigative personnel to conduct more operations from this location.
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