Key Building Needs Unmet

POLICE / FIRE / EMS

  • Insufficient locker area (males and females share, not enough locker space)
  • Insufficient decontamination facilities (fentanyl and carcinogens a big issue)
  • No emergency operations center (EOC)
  • No bunk rooms for overnights (during storms or other emergencies, for EMTs working night shift)

POLICE

  • No secure booking area
  • No holding cells
  • No sally port
  • Insufficient evidence storage

FIRE

  • Apparatus bays too small and too few in number
  • No separation of gear from apparatus and firefighters (PFAS and other fire-related carcinogens in news/courtroom)
  • Insufficient clearance around apparatus

EMS

  • Ambulance bay too small
  • Insufficient secure medical storage