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Some Things to Consider About a Once-in-a-Career Project
If you are PLANNING a new Police or Fire Training Center
If you are PARTNERING to build a new Regional Public Safety Training
If you are RENOVATING an existing Police or Fire Training Center
If you do not have LAND for a Police or Fire Training Center
If you do not have MONEY for a Police or Fire Training Center
If any of the above is true, read on...
If you are planning a new training center, most likely it's your first time. And in most cases it will be your last time. A Public Safety Training Center, for police and fire departments is a once-in-a-career project. If you are an Administrative or Facilities Chief, you may have experience with planning, locating or funding a new station or stations; but a new training center, it's most likely your first time and last time.
If you have experience, for example, with new or multiple station projects you most likely have learned a great deal from the first to the second to the third and so on. A training center project is very different. Sure, there are likely to be a few similar aspects such as land issues, design issues and community involvement; but after these traditional construction project hurdles, undertaking a training center will bring many different and unique issues. Here are some examples:
- No two days are ever the same at a training center. Demands on staff, equipment and logistics change daily if not hourly. If your training center will serve multiple agencies or disciplines such as police, fire, or public works the issues surrounding training center scheduling will be compounded exponentially.
- Facility staff and maintenance issues. Who will make sure the drill ground is ready for the day's drill? That the range is clean and lead free? That the propane igniters for the live burn simulators are ready and safe? Will this be the responsibility of a sworn member or will a support person perhaps from public works maintain the equipment?
- If training props break or need maintenance, who will call the manufacturer, order repair parts, revise the training schedule or notify crews that training class(s) will be cancelled?
- What are the true training needs now and 20 years from now? Will the site for the center support growth? Will the site utilities meet the equipment needs, apparatus storage, parking, etc?
- If the training center is a multiple department partnership, how will the training center be governed? Who gets scheduling priority, how and why? . . . click to continue
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Citizens Submit Their Questions
The questions below
were asked (submitted) by non public safety professionals. We found some of the questions to be interesting, funny, and some insightful. Click on the answer to read responses or add your own.
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Fire Training Systems Drager's comprehensive portfolio of both Class A and B professional fire training props, as well as custom configurable SCBA confidence mazes, allow solutions that are tailored to the unique needs of individual fire departments, giving Fire Fighters the ability to practice in a safe environment. Whether you are looking for a fixed or mobile solution, let the experts at Drager help you design the solution that is right for you. |
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FSTI has provided training to the volunteer public safety community since 2006. It has been our mission to provide high quality training to firefighters while at the same time promoting community safety.
Fire Services Training Institute (FSTI) is a non-profit public benefit corporation with both state and federal tax exempt status.
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