• Vacate all three existing facilities.
• Construct two new stations along the Route 109 corridor at equidistant increments of the City’s total length.
• The main station should be approximately 29,000 sf and will provide 5 drive-through bays and 1 decontamination bay along with living, training, and administrative spaces for the City.
• The substation should be 16,000 sf with 4 bays and living quarters.

In 2019, Sanford and Springvale residents voted against a $1 Million bond to purchase an undisclosed piece of land for a new fire station. The 2019 vote was not for the construction of a new fire station. 

In 2020, architects from WBRC Architects and Mitchell Associates met with former Chief Benotti to review the existing conditions and functionality of each station. The architects found the Sanford fire stations have outlived their useful lives. They do not comply with current codes, standards, or recommended practices. They are unsafe, inefficient, and disrespectful of female employees. They should be replaced at the earliest possible moment.


In 2021, the Fire Station Feasibility Working Group was created to analyze the necessity of new fire stations and identify the optimal locations. 


In 2022, the Fire Station Feasibility Working Group toured the Brunswick Fire Station while it was still under construction. The Brunswick Fire Department hired the same architects that will construct the Sanford Fire Stations, Mitchell Associates. The group also toured the Wells Fire Station. Unlike Sanford, Wells constructed a "Public Safety Building" (Fire Department and Police Department). Both tours were informational and helped guide conversations about what the Sanford Fire Stations should entail.