Piper Street, North Tamworth announced as the site of the city's 'state of the art' new ambulance station

On Thursday, the community has got its first look at the designs for the new ambulance base, which is set to have three times the capacity of the old station.

Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson announced on Thursday that the new station would be built at the old tennis courts at 59-73 Piper Street, in North Tamworth.

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He said he expects shovels to hit the ground in 2021, with the building to open within about two years.

"We want to ensure that our paramedics have state-of-the-art facilities," he said.

"They need to have the gear, the cars, the equipment, the medical equipment to be able to service our community and provide the very best care."

The site is surrounded on three sides by homes and on the fourth by the North Tamworth Bowling Club.

The region's Deputy Director Of Clinical Operations, Chief Superintendent Jordan Emery, said the building will be designed to reduce noise for neighbours and Ambulance NSW will follow a "good neighbour" policy regarding lights and sirens.

"In the design phase of any ambulance station, we work closely with noise experts, we work closely with Health Infrastructure, in how we design the facilities," he said.

"It's really important to us that NSW ambulance adheres to the good neighbour policy and that means minimising noise and impact on the community while still being readily available to the residents of Tamworth who need paramedic care frequently."

He said the upgrade had been welcomed by local paramedics.

The Piper Street site will have the capacity to contain as many as 36 staff, triple the ancient Marius Street building. It will also have parking for as many as eight ambulances, an internal wash bay, staff parking, administration and office areas, staff amenities and logistics and storage areas, in a major upgrade for the city's paramedics.

Chief Superintendent Emery said Ambulance NSW had decided not to amalgamate both South and Tamworth City Ambulance Stations into a single base because the city could be covered better by two stations.

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Mr Anderson said the location had been chosen "strategically" because it gives paramedics access to Taminda across the new Duri Street bridge.

The decision was made in consultation with local paramedics, he said.

The new building will cost between $5 million and $10 million to build.

Health Minister Brad Hazzard announced the commitment to an ambulance upgrade in April. Manilla's ambulance station is also set to get a spruce-up.

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