The newly expanded Fire Station 19 in St. Paul’s Highland Park will be dedicated on Saturday at an event open to the public.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman will speak at the beginning of the event — set for noon to 6 p.m. — followed by remarks from City Council member Chris Tolbert, assistant fire chief Matt Simpson and Karl Hinkle, the architect of the project.

The $3.4 million renovation project started in May 2016 and was completed in March 2017. The station is at 2530 Edgcumbe Road.

Saturday’s open house will allow the community to see the expanded station, meet firefighters and paramedics, make a first aid kit and watch a kitchen fire-safety demonstration, among other activities.

The goal of the renovation was to make response times to emergencies in Highland Park more efficient, said Steve Zaccard, St. Paul Fire Marshal.

A crew of four firefighters and their truck were relocated from Station 1, also in Highland Park, to Station 19. In order for this relocation to occur, Station 19 needed more space, Zaccard said.