Live Fire Training Centre
Training Centre Thanks
Many thanks to John Kasprow for volunteering his time and tractor to help place the sea cans for our Training Centre.(left in picture is David Tschetter (fire fighter) and right is John Kasprow).
Centre will open in 2012.
The 5 W’s to our LIVE FIRE TRAINING CENTRE
WHO: The Wanham Volunteer Fire Department has started the tremendous task of building a live fire training facility.
WHAT: A live fire training facility that will allow departments from all over the Peace Region to train on various aspects of fire fighting. This training facility will consist of burn chamber (40 foot Sea Can) with 3 additional 40 foot sea cans, built to the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) P1403 guidelines for safe live burn training.
WHERE: Ideally located in the Hamlet of Wanham in Birch Hills County, north of the existing water plant on the north west corner of the hamlet.
WHEN: We are expecting to break ground in the spring of 2011, with our main focus being the dirt work on the site, placement of the seacans and work on the seacans themselves such as stairs, rails, doors, interior partitions, windows for ventilation and escape. If time permits and funds are available we plan to add the class room portion of the project shortly after that maybe in the summer of 2012.
WHY: The idea for the facility arose after discussion within the Wanham Fire Department on the need for a live burn facility closer to home to train vital skills in. With the facility being closer, firefighters can train on a regular basis and build skills honed by time and practice, which would otherwise be impossible. Having a facility of this nature in our back yard will provide many of the volunteers the opportunity that they might not get if they had to take more time out of there busy schedules. The volunteer firefighters that make up the majority of most departments, like most other volunteers, are stretched for time, with the limited number of course dates available and the coordination of those dates to the volunteers schedule, it is sometimes impossible for many members to attend. This facility will allow the residents in the area the protection of some the finest, most realistically trained fire fighters in the entire province. This type of project helps with volunteerism and recruitment in that happy interested volunteers stay longer and participate more.
