DDC helps "Burn City" train firefighters in real-world conditions
Students training at the 79,604-sq-ft facility will almost forget that they're not fighting real-world fires. The fires will, of course, be real, but the training will be accomplished with optimum safeguards. The computerized safety arrangements included in the live-fire training equipment can quench the fire and snuff the smoke almost instantly, should any trainee encounter real difficulties.
For its live-fire training facilities, TCC has created a replica "Burn City," complete with a strip mall, a high-rise, an apartment complex/hotel, and several configurations of private houses, any and all of which can be set on fire by the instructors. There's also a car fire, a tractor-trailer fire, a trench fire, a running fuel spill, and a river that can be whipped into a witch's cauldron for training in swift-water rescue. The facility includes 11 separate types of fires, ranging from storage and office to commercial kitchen to bedroom.