Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 4 Jul 2001, A8

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A8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday July 4 , 2001 Oakville Firet Department Capt. Rick Barrett (far right) presents $5,000 cheque to Gord Allen. Manager of Fundraising for the Lions Foundation of ! C a n a d a . ] Looking on is A1 ' K e n t i e , President of the O a k v i l l e Denis Spehar (on rope above) being watched by Chrs Welton from the Ford ERT dem onstrates a high level rescue at the O akville Fire Department Training Campus. Four firefighters practice proper ladder erecting techniques. Oakville Fire Chief Chris Powers, (top right) says his department's facility is the best of its kind he's ever seen. Firefighters Association, Nicole Caron, Head TVainer for Special Skills dogs and Cheeno a 6-month-old Yellow Lab. Training campus keeps firefighters in shape By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF New $2.4-m facility best of its kind says Chief sion. This will be accomplished through replicated streetscapes (with everything from working stoplights, hydro poles and even a level railway crossing) plus tanker cars, a spill/rescue pond and much more. Over two years in the making, the site's most impressive feature is the training tower or "bum house" which incorporates the features of a highrise apartment building, a single family home and an industrial unit. "Without a doubt, (the campus) is the best I've ever seen," said Fire Chief Chris Powers, who expects his depart ment to also benefit from cross training with other emergency agencies and cor porations. The centre was designed by Svedas Koyanagi Architects Inc., the firm that designed Fire Station No. 7. Architect Anthony V. Svedas said that, as a microcosm of Oakville set on six acres, the campus will prove invaluable to all those who use it. "It is a regular firefighters' Disneyland, but with serious over tones," said Svedas. "This will be to the town and the fire department a source of pride and confidence." Uses also include fire suppression and rescue, technical rope rescue, water and air rescue, auto extrication, con fined space rescue and hazardous mate rials response. In short, said Ontario Fire College Principal Fred McLennan, it will allow trainees to face what they will encounter in the "real world." "We dreamt a big dream and like kids in a candy store, we wanted every thing," said deHooge. Officially dedicated during an open house last Thursday, the guest speakers made it clear that the campus could not have been created without assistance from a host of corporate partners that stepped up with significant contribu tions to capital as well as other dona tions. These range from cash and equipment to an old rail car from Procor and a road tanker from Praxair. "They responded, and responded in a practical way," said Mayor Ann Mulvale. "We have so much to be grateful for." Built adjacent to Fire Station No. 5, ocal residents - and those well beyond our borders - can sleep a little easier knowing that the Oakville Training Campus for Emergency Excellence is now up and running. The $2.4-million state-of-the-art South Service Road facility spearhead ed by the Oakville Fire Department is unique in that it offers trainees expo sure to a variety of real life settings they will likely encounter on the job. "This is a world class facility, with modem training apparatus and wide spread capabilities," said Deputy Fire Chief John deHooge. "This is unlike any other training facility due to its complexity and ability to prepare fire personnel for all aspects of their profes L the campus will be made available the fire departments and private business T partners to provide hands-on expert-! ence to learn and maintain emergency response skills. Oakville will also ben- % efit in spades, says deHooge. 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