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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Matrix Consulting Group Page 87 <br /> 8 Facilities <br /> <br />The project team was tasked with conducting a walk -through evaluation of each Fire <br />Department station. The project team toured each location with Fire Department <br />personnel and was provided information as to the historical use, conditions, and general <br />shortcomings of each facility. The ultimate goal of the evaluation was to es tablish a <br />baseline inventory of current facility and site conditions to aid in determining potential <br />future use, expandability, deficiencies, and obsolescence. <br /> <br />1 Fire Department Facilities <br /> <br />For the facility evaluations, the project team conducted a “walk through” assessment of <br />the facility’s exterior, interior and technical systems in August 2020. Overall building <br />systems such as structural, mechanical, and electrical were assessed to the extent that <br />they could be readily observed. All evaluations were supplemented by information <br />provided by the user regarding the current conditions and any recent or planned <br />improvements. The evaluations are not based on a detailed analysis, but rather as a <br />broad index of each facility’s relative physical condition and viability. Conditions were <br />rated on a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor, as defined below. <br /> <br />• Excellent – conditions are newly renovated or constructed, basic standards are <br />meet or exceeded. <br /> <br />• Good - conditions meet basic standards and potential exists for expansion or <br />redevelopment at low expense. <br /> <br />• Fair - conditions may be reasonable for improvement or redevelopment at <br />substantial expense. <br /> <br />• Poor - conditions do not meet basic standards and have little potential for <br />improvement without significant effort and resources. <br /> <br />The following fire department facilities were evaluated by the project team: <br /> <br />• Hamel Fire Department <br /> <br />• Long Lake Fire Department Station 1 <br /> <br />• Loretto Fire Department <br />