Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Berhane, left, and Col. John Strycula, garrison commander, drive a fire truck through a bay at the emergency services center on Fort Belvoir North Area, opening the new facility. Photo by Travis Edwards

With the ceremonial cutting of a ribbon, Fort Belvoir leadership officially opened the Fort Belvoir North Area’s new Emergency Services Center Wednesday.

Instead of the usual, oversized scissors, the garrison command team used a new fire truck to cut the ribbon stretched across a large bay door.

“It really takes great partnership to make a project like this come together. It is the folks at the [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers], the people who’ll use the facility, and the contractor that make it all work together,” said Fort Belvoir Garrison Commander Col. John J. Strycula.

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