Now, more than ever, cities, counties and states throughout the country are recognizing the need for secure, survivable, and technologically advanced law enforcement, emergency management, fire and emergency medical services facilities. Many of these public facilities were built more than 50 years ago and are inadequate to remain fully functional after a natural or man-made disaster, or support modern day practices such as safekeeping of public records, security and training.

Critical to the mission of city, county, state and federal government is the protection of its citizens and the ability to continue public services 24 hours a day in both typical times and times of emergency. In order to do that, these governmental bodies require facilities that have the ability to protect the people, records and equipment contained within the building site and structures. This level or protection requires secure site perimeters of varying security levels, from public interface areas to highly secure, access controlled areas for staff operations. Also required is what is known as a “survivable” building envelope, which is a building that can withstand both natural and man-made catastrophic events and includes redundant water, sanitary and power systems.

Architects Design Group (ADG) understands how to plan, design, and construct “survivable” public safety facilities. Over the past 39 years, ADG has provided architectural design and systems coordination for facilities of this type, including the Sunrise Public Safety Facility currently under construction and the Monroe County Emergency Operations Center which is designed to survive the 10,000 Year Storm.