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Shared police/fire facility saves cost

and provides appropriate separation

EDWARDSVILLE PUBLIC SAFETY
City of Edwardsville

This space needs, feasibility department’s administration
LOCATION
Edwardsville, Illinois and master plan study made and primary fire house
way for a combined police and functions. A major challenge
SIZE fire headquarters. with any combined building is
51,500 sf to design for shared space to
Both the city’s police and fire
COST departments had outgrown save cost while also providing
$13,363,384 the appropriate separation of
their facilities. Using the
COMPLETION information the study the departments for security
March 2018 produced, a new combined and privacy. To accomplish
REFERENCE headquarters station was this, the lobby, community
Mr. Jay Keevan designed to be located just room and fitness room were
Director of Police south of downtown, which designed as shared spaces and
618.692.7521 logically centered between
allows the departments
to be operational during the departments with access
construction. The new 51,500 controlled doors. The final plan
sf facility houses the full police allows for both departments to
department and the fire cohabitate while maintaining
privacy.

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