Public Safety Building

Project Description

The Public Safety Building project is intended to address long-standing facility needs for Saranac Lake’s emergency services. The project has focused on creating a modern facility to support the Village Police Department, the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department, and the Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad.

The Village established a Public Safety Facility reserve fund in 2022, created a Public Safety Building Committee, issued an RFQ for architectural services, and hired Wendel Five Bugles to complete feasibility, space needs, existing conditions, and design work. The Village’s project page includes feasibility reports, asbestos inspection materials, survey documents, design contracts, environmental review materials, draft plans, and a May 2026 schematic design report.

The project has been centered on the 33 Petrova Avenue property, the former St. Pius X / North Star property, which the Village has evaluated as a potential unified public safety site. Local reporting notes that the proposed facility would serve fire, rescue, and police operations, and that environmental and geotechnical studies were pursued to answer site-related questions and support grant readiness.