Phoenix Fire Training Academy
Phoenix, AZ

This exciting new training center for the City of Phoenix Fire Department is a multi-phase, multi-year development designed to cover all aspects of training necessary for their firefighters.
The project began with a challenging site development package consisting of complete infrastructure and preparation of a site previously used by a water treatment plant for sludge ponds. During the design, FCI encountered several difficulties on the site that included routing utilities underneath the railroad tracks and going a mile off site to tie-in electrical and communication services.
One phase of the project includes the construction of two state-of-the-art burn buildings. The first one is a Class A structure design using cast-in-place concrete with thermal linings designed for high-temperature training and is certified to withstand temperatures near 1200 degrees! The second, a Class B structure is a 12,000 SF, 6-story tower designed to simulate dense smoke, sound and heat situations for search and rescue operations with highly-advanced equipment package. The eleven propane gas-fired training props and smoke-generation equipment were chosen after months of research to discover, from previously built training centers, the most effective methods for firefighter training. Additional phases included the 30,000 SF LEED® Gold Classroom building, and the LEED® Certified Driver Training Building.

Architect: HDA Architects hd-architects.com
Owner: City of Phoenix Arizona www.phoenix.gov

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