Fire Station Location Project

Fire Departments across the country are in transition. The three main reasons include challenges in:

• recruiting and retaining non-career firefighters
• achieving best practices for firefighter health and safety
• accommodating modern firefighting equipment, training, and operations

Golden Valley is no different. In 2016, the Golden Valley Fire Department (GVFD) completed a study to identify what it needs to do to continue to provide the community with high-quality, fast, and efficient emergency services while being fiscally responsible with taxpayer funding. This was followed in 2020 by a study of all City facilities to determine future needs and opportunities.

Current Locations Of Fire Stations

The City’s three current fire station locations are not geographically optimized for today’s updated highway system. Station 3 provides coverage for Minneapolis, while Station 2 (Turners Crossroad) no longer connects to main roads but also provides coverage into St Louis Park. Renovating existing stations is not feasible due to costs and restrictions posed by the current site sizes.

To improve efficiencies and response times, the City needs to consolidate Stations 2 and 3 to one remote fire station along the Hwy 100 corridor.

The City is in a process to select a site for a new remote east fire station, a priority determined by a 2021 analysis of all of its facilities and how they meet community needs.

For updates and more information about this and other facility projects, visit the City’s Building Forward webpage (Link).