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Gulf Shores Fire Rescue opens a training ground built from shipping containers

The facility includes a burn building, a four-story tower, a trench box and a confined-space maze.

Gulf Shores cut the ribbon Sept. 22 on a fire training facility built largely from shipping containers. Firefighters built the two-story burn building from seven containers; the four-story training tower uses 12 containers and has more than 3,800 square feet of enclosed space, with floors set up like homes, hotel hallways and a beachfront condo with an open balcony.

The site also has a trench-rescue box designed with Mobile Fire-Rescue Division Chief Scott Carmichael and a three-level confined-space maze inside a single 40-foot container.

Sources

  1. City of Gulf Shores: Fire Rescue training facility ribbon cutting, Oct. 2 (opens in a new tab) · gulfshoresal.gov

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