The facility, which will be known as Fire Station No. 1, will be a 15,561 square-foot building designed as a hub for first responders with space for firefighter and emergency medical service training as well as programs and classes for the public. Fire Chief Rob Wight said the project will cost about $5.2 million, which will be covered by a levy passed last year.
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Ground-breaking for the facility is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the site of the former Lincoln Elementary School, 911 E. Third St., Monroe.
The station was designed by Redstone Architects of Bloomfield Hills and will be under the construction management of AUCH Construction of Pontiac. The current building, Chief Wight said, is 50 years old and can’t handle all of the training and programs that the fire department wants and needs to do.