Firehouse Kitchen Renovations

The Baltimore City Department of General Services (DGS), the Mayor’s Office, City’s Solicitors Office, Fire Department, and local leaders in the business and philanthropic community have been working in collaboration for the past year to renovate 17 firehouse kitchens. The kitchen renovations will provide new, modern kitchens to Fire Department members, helping provide well-balanced, healthy meals throughout their shift.

The Firehouse Renovation Project was borne out of a conversation between Mayor Rawlings-Blake and Ron Shapiro, attorney and business leader. Mr. Shapiro partnered with T. Rowe Price Group Chairman Brian Rogers to inspire friends and fellow business leaders to sponsor much-needed renovations to firehouse kitchens.

The project was broken into 5 phases with 3-4 firehouses being completed in each phase. DGS designed each kitchen in-house, prepared the sites, bid and procured contractors, and members of the Fire Department performed demolition and painting to reduce costs on the renovations. Each site took an average of 65 days to complete.

KITCHEN SPONSOR STATION

Alban Tractor., Inc. Engine 51

Baltimore Ravens Engine 14

Bond Distributing Company Engine 36

Brown Advisory Truck 20

Horseshoe Casino Engine 58

Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc. and KTBS Payroll Engine 46

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sullivan and Legg Mason Charitable Foundation Engine 50

M&T Bank Squad 47

MileOne Automotive Engine 43

Mr. Bill Miller Truck 5

Saint Agnes Hospital Engine 30

Shapiro Negotiations Institute and Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P. Engine 52

Stevenson University Squad 54

T Rowe Price Foundation, Inc. Engine 5

The Abell Foundation, Inc. Engine 35

The Rogers Charitable Fund Engine 2

The Shapiro Family Engine 21

United Way of Central Marylamd Engine 57

DGS is excited to participate is this great partnership. By working with local sponsors and other City agencies we have been able to improve the quality of the working environment for our Firefighters in an efficient and cost-effective way. - DGS Director Steve Sharkey