Fire Department Modernization

Current Fire Stations

  • FS1 – 20190 Holyoke Avenue
  • FS2 – 16720 Dodd Boulevard
  • FS3 – 17490 Kenrick Avenue
  • FS4 – 9465 185th Street

Over the past few years, to meet the current and future service demands of our growing community, the City has completed multiple studies to develop the best plan for modernizing its fire stations, improving service areas and response times, and transitioning staffing from a paid-on-call (volunteer) model to a full-time hybrid model. 

A key finding from the service area study showed the Dodd Boulevard/Cedar Avenue area is the best location to combine Fire Station 2 and Fire Station 4 into one new, modern facility. By building a new station in this area, we can streamline operations from our current four stations down to three—boosting efficiency, improving response times and lowering long-term costs.

The City has purchased 12 acres adjacent to the water tower along 179th Street West for a fire station and a possible future satellite water treatment facility. This is directly across from the Central Maintenance Facility, 7570 179th Street West. Site planning has started and construction on the fire station could begin as early as 2026.

In addition, the transition from a paid-on-call model to a full-time hybrid staffing model has required temporary renovations to be completed at Stations 1 and 4 to add sleeping quarters for the new full-time staff. In the future, additional permanent renovations are planned for Stations 1 and 3 to fully modernize and update those facilities.

Timeline

  • 2024: Fire Station 4, renovated to add sleeping quarters
  • 2024: Fire Station 1, renovated to add sleeping quarters
  • 2026: Build new Fire Station at 179th Street West, next to City water tower
  • 2028: Full renovation/modernization of Fire Station 3 (staff temporarily at Fire Station 4)
  • 2028/2029: Full renovation/modernization of Fire Station 1 (staff temporarily at Fire Station 4)

*After renovations and the new fire station is built, Fire Stations 2 and 4 will consolidate operations at the new station, and those stations will be repurposed.

Funding

In 2024, the City of Lakeville was a recipient of a SAFER Grant (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response), a program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which provided three years of funding for the hiring of 21 full-time firefighters. The three-year transition period will allow for these new positions to be gradually phased into the City’s budget to ensure their continued funding after the grant expires.

The renovation of the stations and the construction of the new fire station will be funded through the collection of gas and electric franchise fees, which were adopted in December 2024, and went into effect in April 2025. These fees provide a dedicated funding source to cover the cost of the project and related public safety improvements.

Helpful Documents

Fire Incidents DashboardDashboard showing statistics on incidents LFD has responded to since 2020

The Lakeville Fire Department has developed a fire incidents dashboard, which shows live and continually updated statistics on incidents our firefighters have responded to since 2020. You can view the data by incident type (building fire, gas leak, medical assist, motor vehicle accident, etc.), property type (family dwelling, school, hotel, restaurant, open field, etc.) and much more.

One particularly useful element on the dashboard is the heat map (there's a link in the menu below the map). The heat map uses color to highlight areas of high incident activity and shows us trends in the City. This is what we use to ensure we have fire stations in the correct locations.

Click on the image to see the full-screen live version.

Contact Us

Contact Fire Chief Mike Meyer by phone at 952-985-4701 or by email.