PROJECT PROFILE
NI FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE, COOKSTOWN
academic building on the extensive campus, a Learning & Development Centre featuring nine classrooms, workstations, an assembly hall, kitchen, dining, gym and changing facilities to support NIFRS training. A Training Warehouse with Fire Station provides simulated training environments for marine, residential, industrial and
campus also featuring a Motorway & Embankment area and network of A and B-category roads for specialist training road traffic collision rescue training. Mark Campbell, Contracts Manager, said, “Desertcreat is a catalyst project for us with many unique and specialist elements. The Flood Water Training Facility, for example, is the first of
Felix O’Hare worked alongside many specialist sub-contractors to create the unique space, including Dutch fire training equipment provider LION and English flood water expert Meldrum Group. “The project was developed on BIM,” said Mark. “There was a huge amount of coordination required, given the nature of the site, and the unique demands for power and water from specialist hoses to linking an aquifer to the site to fill water tanks around the campus. “It really is a one-of-a-kind building, and it was an honour to work on it.” Client: NI Fire & Rescue Service Main contractor: Felix O’Hare & Co Ltd PROJECT TEAM...
commercial premises, while a Call-out Village features various housing types for training scenarios. Other specialist facilities include a Drill Tower for fire rescue and ladder training, Flood Water Training Facility for flood and river rescue, and Search and Rescue Training Area providing a training environment for collapsed buildings and below-ground rescue.
its kind in Ireland and simulates a streaming river into which cars can be situated for rescue training, while the campus also includes a lake for boat work and diving practice. “The Training Warehouse is a very bespoke, one-of- a-kind facility replicating marine, residential, industrial and commercial
“There was a huge amount of coordination required, given the nature of the site.”
Architect: RPP Architects Civil & structural engineer: Doran Consulting
premises, such as ships’ rooms for training practice and there are gas props throughout the site so trainees and go in and put out fires.”
A Simulated Industrial and Chemical Training Area, meanwhile, covers hazardous materials training, with the
M&E consultant: Semple McKillop
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