PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, NEW POLICE STATION, FIRE STATION, AND EMS DISPATCH CENTER
City of Indio
The project consisted of the new construction of three separate buildings totaling approximately 43,377 square feet, designed for essential services: a single-story EMS Dispatch Center( 7,336 square feet), a single-story Fire Station( 13,344 square feet), and a partial two-story Police Station( 22,596 square feet). Each building was required to be serviced by a dedicated emergency diesel generator with backup fuel to support 72 hours of runtime.
The exterior site scope included providing new site lighting, including PV canopy lighting, code-required Electric Vehicle( EV) charging stations for new parking spaces, and infrastructure for automated vehicular gates with a fire department-approved Knox Box for emergency personnel vehicles and access control infrastructure per the City IT Department.
P2S provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services for the project with an overall objective of designing systems that meet the owner’ s needs and accommodate changes in the facilities, including redundancy and future expansion.
Some of the specific features included HVAC systems with N + 1 redundancy to serve Dispatch Room, Server Room, and 911 Radio Room, a building-wide UPS system with maintenance bypass in addition to a generator to backup critical loads and ensure reliable operation. Fire Station Apparatus Bay was designed to include a direct exhaust system using dedicated exhaust fume collection nozzles for each fire truck and compressed air system.
A distributed sage glass control system was adopted to maximize daylighting, manage color rendering and glare based on occupancy and light levels, achieve energy savings, and provide human comfort without compromising security. An electromagnetic pulse bird deterrent system was installed on all buildings to prevent birds from landing and nesting on rooftop surfaces. All these features were designed to ensure Indio Public Safety Campus is able to reliably serve the local community by responding effectively to emergencies
FALL 2025