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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Matrix Consulting Group Page 96 <br />Comments <br />Apparatus bay space is deep enough for some apparatus to be double <br />stacked but not much room between the apparatus. Any renovations will <br />require an addition to the building such as for sleeping quarters. Overall, the <br />facility is good condition on a dead-end section of the street. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 Public Works Facility <br /> <br />The project team was tasked with conducting a walk -through evaluation of the public <br />works facility to evaluate its potential use as a fire station. Two bays on the north side of <br />the facility were specifically evaluated for use as a fire station facility. <br /> <br />These two bays are deep enough to provide sufficient space for apparatus. Additionally, <br />the bay doors are high enough to accommodate larger appara tus as well. The depth of <br />these two bays would allow for apparatus to be stacked in the bays reducing the number <br />of bays needed. However, this practice also increases the response time when <br />responding to a call for service. The type of call dictates the re sponse, it is quite feasible <br />the apparatus needed for a call would be staged behind another in the bay meaning the <br />first apparatus would need to be moved before the response could begin. <br /> <br />There are other issues that need to be considered. Crew quarters wo uld need to be <br />installed in the building, close to the apparatus bays that would include restrooms, <br />showers, kitchen, and lounge area. These would need to be in place in the anticipation of <br />full-time crews being housed in the station or volunteer crews staging in the fire station <br />during a long-term event. <br /> <br />The response for a call for service in the current environment requires the volunteer <br />member to respond to the station. There is limited parking on the north side of the building <br />that would need to be added to accommodate these responders. Another consideration <br />is the two operations that could be occurring simultaneously. Public works is moving in <br />and out of the facility with salt trucks and snowplows during a snow event and the fire <br />department is trying to maneuver in and out to respond to calls for service. With these <br />two operations occurring simultaneously, there would be private vehicles, dump trucks, <br />snowplows and fire apparatus moving in a variety of directions at the same time in a small <br />space. <br /> <br />The response to calls for service and the operations of the public works could create a <br />conflict in the moving of equipment and supplies. The other issue is the living <br />arrangements. With full-time crews, the fire station becomes a home for the personnel for <br />the 24-hour period. Placing the living quarters of the fire department on the second floor <br />in the public works building will likely create noise issues between the two groups. For