Surprise Fire-Medical crews have returned to Fire Station 305 after the city completed a summer-long renovation of the station at 15517 N. Parkview Place.
The city announced the return Thursday, Oct. 22. The project refreshed the department’s busiest station and added facilities intended to reduce firefighters’ exposure to cancer-causing contaminants.
Surprise’s adopted fiscal 2026 capital plan budgeted about $2.1 million for the remodel under project P34290. That figure is the city’s capital-plan total, not a final construction-cost accounting.
What the renovation added
The city budget describes four main parts of the work:
- More bathrooms to provide adequate space for the personnel assigned to the station.
- Electrical upgrades to support new battery-operated equipment carried on fire apparatus.
- A separate area for cleaning firefighting gear after calls, intended to reduce exposure to cancer-causing agents.
- Security improvements at the station.
The gear-cleaning area is part of a wider cancer-prevention effort in Surprise fire stations. The fiscal 2026 budget also identifies a separate, department-wide station-remodel program intended to bring additional facilities up to the same cancer-prevention standards.
The budget book identifies Station 305 as the busiest station in the Surprise Fire-Medical Department. The renovation improves the existing facility; it does not add a new station or expand the city’s fire-service territory.
Why the budget changed
The project received initial funding in fiscal 2025 so the department could develop the project and complete the remodel. Once scoping was finished, city staff determined that the project was underfunded, according to the adopted budget.
The city’s revised capital plan lists $52,141 in earlier funding, $847,900 in one budget year and $1.2 million in another, for a total of $2,100,041. Those figures explain the planned public investment, but the completion announcement does not state a final amount spent.
Crews’ return marks completion of the remodel after operating away from their regular station during the summer work. The city’s announcement establishes that the facility is back in service following the renovation.
Image note: The featured image is an original West Valley Post editorial illustration. It does not depict Fire Station 305 or the station’s actual design.
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