“The mission of the Campbell County Fire Department Training Division is to coordinate & provide training, education and certification to department members necessary to ensure a competent, efficient and effective emergency response and to ensure personal safety as we deliver this service.”
The Alan Mickelson Fire Training Center provides a variety of training opportunities and capabilities. An assortment of buildings, props, and outdoor space combine to create an environment suitable to assist firefighters in enhancing their skills and services to the community. The building itself has three classrooms equipped with audio and video equipment. A kitchen also compliments the training center to assist with the needs of students and instructors. Outside of the building offers some of the greatest opportunities though.
Our burn tower consists of a four story concrete structure with an attached burn room. Complete with standpipe capabilities, various ventilation windows and doors, exterior and interior staircases, and a parapet roof. Each floor of the tower provides a different series of obstacles; including open area searches, hallways, separated rooms, movement hindrance props, ramps, and walls. The tower is also capable for rappel training and high rise rescue scenarios.
Two training trailers give opportunities to train on mobile home emergencies as well as the “Pittsburgh Drill.” One of the mobile homes is a fully furnished structure used to simulate fires, rescues, ventilation, and searches. The “Pittsburgh Drill” features various entrapment style scenarios, movement hindering props, and interchangeable obstacles.
The “Oklahoma Simulator” is a three story building used as a ventilation, forcible entry, search and rescue, and miscellaneous operations simulator. Firefighters are able to train on both vertical and horizontal ventilation with a fully functional removable roof section. Other props include a removable forcible entry door, parapet roof, and large-open main floor.
AMFTC also features the “911 House,” a furnished two story structure with an assortment of props and capabilities. The building contains a simulated “Denver Drill,” entrapment props, removable windows, and rear-elevated patio. Often used for training on roof operations, search and rescue, forcible entry, RIT operations, and ladder operations; the “911 House” is valuable tool in the training of our firefighters.
Next to the “911 House” are the propane props and extinguisher field. In the extinguisher field there is an array of propane props ranging from grease pan fires all the way up to vehicle fires. There is also a simulated methane well-head and compressor station. Other training props at the AMFTC include a simulated school bus rollover, extrication yard, confined space prop, hydrants, and a large asphalt pad to train with vehicles. |
