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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 />SECTION 2 – SPACE NEEDS ANALYSIS <br />The space needs portion of the study is informed by the Station Location section and assumes the <br />following: <br />1. The Elk River Fire Department administration will remain at the Public Safety Building, <br />as will current fire response. <br />2. A new satellite station will be required on the east side of Highway 169. <br />3. Station No. 1 is reaching the end of its useful life. Multiple remodeling and expansions <br />have extended it to fit its entire lot and large expenditures now or in the future would be <br />inappropriate. <br />Probable costs for expansion and remodeling work is expressed as square foot costs due to the <br />early stages of this work. These estimates are further represented as a range of potential costs; it <br />should be assumed that the final cost will be somewhere between the low and high range <br />presented. <br />2.1 - Station No. 2 Space Needs Recommendations <br />Station No. 2 is the newest of the department’s facilities and has been well maintained. Recent <br />renovations by the department have developed reasonable accommodations for the <br />administrative staff, however the remainder of the station is lacking in station personnel space. <br />The team recommends the following additional spaces be added to provide necessary staff <br />support space. <br />SPACE 20 YEAR NEED <br />Decontamination Spaces 1,054 SF <br />Office/Living Spaces 488 SF <br />Staff Support Spaces 1,295 SF <br />Mechanical and Electrical Spaces 142 SF <br />Total New Construction 2,978 SF <br />Renovations of Training Room 800 SF <br />Total 3,779 SF <br /> <br />Some items of note regarding the above recommendations: <br />1. Gear, equipment and personnel decontamination is a growing concern within the fire <br />industry due to growing evidence of increased cancer risks from larger quantities of <br />carcinogens in today’s fires. <br />2. Space is provided for Officer Offices that can, over time, become combined sleeping <br />quarters should the department need to implement duty crews in coming years. <br />6