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Bungalow City Firehouse 23 opened Feb. 12 at 5619 Nine Mile Road, helping the Division of Fire to enhance its emergency response across eastern Henrico County. The $14.5 million station, funded through Henrico's voter-approved 2016 bond referendum, is staffed 24/7 with a fire engine and a medic unit.

"We are committed to make sure if you call us, if you dial 911 [and] there's an emergency, we're going to get to you as quickly as possible," Varina District Supervisor Tyrone E. Nelson said. "That's why we continue to add firehouses and make sure we add staff."

Firehouse 23 takes its name from the community of cottage homes in which it was built. Bungalow City was developed in the 1920s for Black residents who were excluded from nearby Highland Springs, Nelson said.

"I think it's appropriate, for Black History Month, that we open this station up with a name of an African American community on a firehouse," he said.