Seven new emergency services stations will be built and five existing stations will be significantly upgraded.
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The work is part of a new plan to help firefighters, paramedics, and the State Emergency Service cope with population growth over the next 20 years.
The ACT Government's Station Upgrade and Relocation Strategy, launched today, sets out how the territory's emergency services will cope with the expansion of Canberra.
The first phase of the strategy includes a new fire station to be built in Calwell, and two joint ambulance and fire stations built in Charnwood and Aranda from 2012-2014.
The existing fire station in Greenway will be turned into an ambulance station, with ambulance officers transferring across from the existing station in Kambah.
The fire station in Charnwood has been deemed obsolete, and staff will also move out of the existing fire and ambulance station on Lathlain Street in Belconnen, which is now about 40 years old.
From 2013-2017, new stations will also be built in Campbell, the City, Tuggeranong, and the new residential area of Molonglo.
Stations at Fyshwick, Majura, Greenway, Kambah, and Phillip will also receive significant upgrades.
The plan will help the emergency services cope with an expected population increase of 120,000 people by 2032, and continual urban densification and the spread of suburbs further away from the city centre.
Creating new state-of-the-art facilities and upgrading station infrastructure was deemed as essential in maintaining good response times.
''The present condition and even the design of some existing facilities threatens to, and sometimes already does, affect the operations of the services, and this appears to be particularly so where two or more services are sharing a facility,'' the strategy said.
Police and Emergency Services Minister Simon Corbell said the station relocation strategy was the result of years of planning and feasibility studies.
The exact cost of implementing the strategy is still unknown, but Mr Corbell predicted the Government would spend more than $100 million.
''The Government is embarking on the most significant reorganisation of our emergency services capabilities in the ACT since self-government,'' Mr Corbell said.
It will now embark on a significant community consultation process, to hear feedback from local residents on the plans.
Community briefings will take place on November 8 in Belconnen and November 9 in Tuggeranong, while members of the public can make site visits on November 12.
The strategy is the second such plan issued by the Government, after a 2008 station relocation feasibility study conducted by SGS Economics and Planning was shelved due to concerns about its methodology.
The new study was conducted by ORH, a British-based consultancy firm.