In association with a local architectural firm, ADG was selected as the specialty design architect to provide programming, conceptual design, and voter referendum assistance, which was followed by full design services. The project included the analysis of the community’s public safety needs and ISO ratings to determine the appropriate location to site both the Public Safety Facility and Station No. 1, as well as the separate, stand-alone fire station located on the west side of town. The main facility was designed to LEED Silver standards and totals 40,000 SF. It contained the headquarters for police and fire administration and the main fire station. Fire Station No. 1 included three drive-through apparatus bays, two EMS bays, fire training, sleeping quarters, kitchen, dayroom, dining area, decon room, physical agility room, bunker gear storage, 911 communications, and the city EOC.
To respond to the fire department’s ISO needs, ADG designed Fire Station No. 2 on the west side of town. Components include two drive-through bays and two ambulance bays, a training tower, maintenance, SCBA, extractor area, dayroom, fire administration, twelve private sleeping quarters, kitchen, dining, and shower / locker room space.
The ADG Team also assisted the city with its community outreach program in their efforts to promote a voter referendum, the selected mechanism for funding the project. The city had previously failed referendum attempts for other facilities, but extensive work by city staff and elected officials, with guidance and assistance from the ADG design team, resulted in successful (82%) passage of a $14M bond referendum. The project also received a FEMA HMGP grant to help pay for a backup generator for the public safety building, reducing the city ’s costs by 34%.
