Brockton Hospital has been closed for exactly a year, and health care leaders across the region say they are anxiously awaiting for it to reopen this spring.

A fire that broke out in an electrical equipment room and climbed to an unprecedented 10 alarms shut the hospital down on Feb. 7, 2023. Roughly 160 patients were safely evacuated and either discharged or taken to other medical facilities in the area.

“Every day since the fire, one of our three paramount goals has been to safely reopen as soon as possible,” said Robert Haffey, president and CEO of Signature Healthcare, a company that owns Brockton Hospital . “Our construction partners and local, state, and federal officials share this goal and have been tireless in pursuing it.”

“Now, we have entered the final phases of work to continue renovating the damaged electrical and other infrastructure and are announcing this spring, Brockton Hospital will welcome back its valued staff, patients, and the community,” Haffey said in a release.

While the exact date for the reopening is still to be determined, health care leaders and advocates welcomed the development that Brockton Hospital will be coming back at some point by the summer.

Patricia Noga, vice president of clinical affairs for the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, called it fantastic news for patients in the greater Brockton area.”

“And it is equally welcome news for the southeast region, where the hospital capacity crunch has been especially pronounced in recent years,” Noga said in a statement to the Herald. “We congratulate the organization’s leaders, caregivers, and community members on this important step.”

With the fire beginning in a hospital electrical room, officials highlighted how that triggered both utility power and emergency generators to be powered down, shuttering computer systems, elevators, phones, medical devices and lights as patients and staffers evacuated.

“When I think back to a year ago,” Haffey said. “I am still in awe of the dedication of our staff and emergency personnel and how they cared for our patients on that unfortunate day. Together, we safely evacuated 162 patients, some critically ill, without overhead lighting, medical records, or elevators.”

The fire destroyed much of the hospital’s electric wiring, said Brian Backoff, director of facilities and engineering. Supply chain shortages presented problems for reopening earlier, he added.

“But our legislators, regulators, suppliers and contractors worked some supply-chain magic and got us back on track,” Backoff said in a release. “We have everything we need now to finish this project and reopen our doors this spring”

Patients will be walking into a remodeled and renovated facility whenever the hospital reopens this spring, including a new 12-unit behavioral health triage unit, a new outpatient surgical center and a main lobby extension.

Three urgent care centers, two in Brockton and one in East Bridgewater, that opened after the fire will remain open after the hospital returns to full function, Haffey said.

Katie Murphy, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, said Brockton Hospital is “desperately” needed to be back online.

“The reopening of Brockton Hospital is an essential component to any effort to stabilize the crisis in hospital capacity the state is now facing,” she said in a statement to the Herald, “and it is particularly important on the South Shore and Southeastern region, where the loss of Norwood Hospital, and the pending financial crisis with the Steward system is resulting in severe overcrowding and excessive wait times in hospital emergency departments at surrounding facilities.”