New fire training tower underway Published Jan. 12, 2010 Base Civil Engineering DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- Base civil engineering is completing a project to provide a new fire training facility for training base firefighters and other emergency responders. The new facility has a project cost of nearly $600,000. The new facility replaces the present training building (smokehouse) that was constructed in 1996 and was demolished due to degraded condition from extensive use. The old building did not have a temperature monitoring system or insulation to protect the walls from combustion and heat. The new fire training facility will contain a four story tower, a two story residential section and burn rooms with insulation and temperature monitoring to protect the trainees. The training facility will also be equipped with forcible entry doors, ladder hook bars, movable wall system, floor doors and swivel rappelling anchors. The facility will be "state of the art" and constructed according to the latest NFPA and OHSA standards. The Fire Department has been waiting for this project to be funded and constructed for several years. Currently the Base Fire Department shares the training area with several departments in the community. This new state of the art facility will provide the training grounds for departments to share Live Fire Experiences and work closer together which will be a win-win situation for everyone. Upon completion of the facility, training can be provided for base firefighters, security and EOD personnel. Also, the tower can offer a wide variety of exercise conditions that firefighters, police or bomb technicians may encounter in the mitigation of incidents that may also include CBRNE. The Civil Engineering Project Team includes Bill Clark and Don Stamps. The work is being executed by the base SABER contractor, I. L. Fleming, Inc. For further information or questions, please call the Project Manager at 678-655-5819.
