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Elk River Fire Department <br />Elk River, MN <br />Fire Station Feasibility and Facilities Study <br /> <br /> <br />Five Bugles Design <br />A Division of Wendel Companies <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department has been serving the community of Elk River as a paid-on-call department <br />since 1881. Most recently the department has been utilizing two fire stations, Station No. 1 located at 415 <br />Jackson Ave NW and Station No. 2 located at 13073 Orono Parkway NW. Station No. 1 was constructed <br />in 1972 and served as the Cities only station until Station No. 2 was constructed in 2003. Station No. 2 <br />currently serves as the Department’s headquarters station and is joined with the Police Department in the <br />City of Elk River Public Safety Building. <br /> <br />There are a number of developing issues in the City of Elk River that are pertinent to the need or direction <br />of this study: <br /> The City has a number of barriers that have an impact on response time including Highway 10, <br />Highway 169, the Mississippi River, and the BNSF Railroad. <br /> Station No. 1 was constructed in 1972 and has had a number of renovations and expansions. <br /> Elk River Fire Department has for the past several years offered firefighter training to candidates <br />from surrounding communities. This effort is a revenue generator for the department. <br /> The Department has little in the way of training facilities. Both Stations No. 1 & 2 have <br />classroom style training rooms, but the department lacks any purpose built training facilities for <br />the physical aspects of their training. <br /> The Elk River Fire Department currently provides fire service to the City of Elk River, Big Lake <br />Township and the City Otsego. <br /> <br />This study uses GIS mapping to determine the best possible arrangement of stations in the community to <br />provide best possible response times. From that data comes a series of recommendations regarding <br />remodeling, expansion and new facilities. <br /> <br />Facility recommendations are also provided regarding the Elk River Police Department. The Police <br />Department facilities were designed with some shell space provided for future expansion or growth within <br />the department. The Law Enforcement section of the report examines the Police Department’s operations <br />to explore the need for expansion or renovations. <br /> <br />The Study also looks at the question of training facilities for the entire City. Fire, police, municipal <br />utilities and public works all have a need for training. A portion of the study examines the concept of a <br />centralized training facility for the City. <br /> <br />The City of Otsego has been considering the construction of a fire station at the intersection of 85th Street <br />and Park Street to better serve their City. This station would assumedly be constructed by Otsego and <br />operated by Elk River Fire Department. The study includes this station location and its impact on both <br />Elk River and Otsego. <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />1. Station Location and Response Time Study <br />2. Space Needs Analysis <br />3. Law Enforcement Center <br />4. Regional (City Wide) Training <br />5. Conclusions and Recommendations <br />6. Appendix <br />1