Construction underway on new rescue campus adjacent to Disaster City
The $3.1 million facility will have six classrooms of various sizes with partitions to allow numerous configurations of the space. The building will also house the TEEX Rescue Program offices and related equipment. This project is part of the Brayton Fire Field development/expansion plan, said Gordon Lohmeyer, Executive Associate Director of TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute.
These moves will consolidate rescue training facilities and classrooms into a centralized area, he added.
Once the new building is completed, several portable buildings will be removed, including classrooms #79 and #119 as well as office building #118, said John Coppernoll, Director of Facilities Maintenance and Construction.
The building contractor is Quad-Tex Construction.