Stafford’s newest firehouse is, in fact, a house.

For at least the next seven months, a modest Craftsman at 53 Shelton Shop Road will be the home-away-from-home for a four-man crew of career firefighters.

Barring any last-minute snags, Station 14 will be open for business by 7 this morning. It will provide 24-hour service to an area that is in need of better coverage.

It might seem like a quaint move that hearkens back to the days when upstart rural fire departments might have actually operated out of a house or a barn, but it wasn’t exactly planned to happen this way.

Fredericksburg.com – Fire unit feels right at home.