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as the FPP Building, was constructed and occupied across the street and immediately west of the warehouse in 1989 (Figure 13) . Some portions of the FPP operation remain in that building today. Due to increasing growth and lack of office space to support it, the Editorial and Curriculum Units were moved to leased office space in west Stillwater in the mid-1990s. The building that they were located in previously served as the original headquarters office for Frontier Engineering, Inc. (Figure 14) . FPP only used part of that building. Other office space was used by the OSU Athletic Department during the Gallagher-Iba Arena construction project, as well as the local office for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). FPP staff would remain there until the old FPP space in the original Fire Building became available and was renovated for them in 2001. The number of staff members continued to grow as time moved on. Both the Editorial/Curriculum space in the Fire Building and office space in the FPP building were stretched to their limits. It was determined that the best solution would be to construct a new building containing office and meeting space that would be attached to the west side of the existing FPP office building. Following the design of the new facility, construction started in March of 2015. The building was officially dedicated on July 6, 2017, although staff members had moved in prior to that date (Figure 15) . The original FPP Building currently houses the administrative functions of the organization, as well as the electronic products, information technology, sales/marketing, and customer service. The new building is home to the Editorial, Curriculum, and Graphics units, as well as extensive meeting space. The meeting space is dedicated to former Director Harold Mace. The individual meetings rooms are named after Everett Hudiburg, Fred Heisler, and Ray Pence. Bios of these four (4) gentlemen can be found in Appendix I . From its origins of one editor and a secretary shared with FST and the degree program, at the time this document was developed, FPP employed more than 80 full-time, part-time, and contracted employees. FPP is a fully functional, professional publishing firm. With two (2) exceptions, FPP performs all of the functions of producing and distributing fire training manuals from within their
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