2009-06-01
13:07:35
A new training centre is working well for the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service.
The Service is utilizing a building at the Fort Frances airport which serves as a back-up centre for the emergency control group.
Fire chief Gerry Armstrong says the site is allowing them to provide the training area firefighters need.
"We have our capability, which is a requirement of NFPA, to do live fire training," says Armstrong. "We can now do smoke, fire and rescue training. We have a simulated gable roof set up out there where we can send up people to do ventilation which is a requirement."
Armstrong says financial and manpower support from the Ministry of Natural Resources allowed the department to have the building fixed up to meet its needs
