The Cambridge public safety facility is a combined Fire & Rescue and Police Department headquarters building and emergency response facility designed with two wings connected by a shared spaces. The two main "wings" of the building are conjoined at the core of the building which creates a comfortable public access point while maintaining secured areas of fire response and police processing.
The police wing contains several administrative offices, shared detectives offices, sally port, processing area, holding cells, evidence storage, locker rooms, and training rooms.
The fire wing consists of 6 drive through bays, one maintenance and one wash bay, hose room, decon room, equipment storage mezzanine, combined sex bunk rooms and individual toilet shower rooms, recreation and kitchen facilities, library, administrative offices, and meeting room. The facility has several safety features including a diesel emergency generator capable of powering the entire building for a minimum of 7 days.