Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab
A valuable training resource
The JIBC Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab is a unique resource that offers municipal and industrial fire services throughout B.C. the opportunity to provide essential live-fire training in their own region. It can be transported throughout the province and be used for a wide range of live-fire, rescue, and other first responder training scenarios to help your department/organization meet your customized training needs.
This 50-foot, self-contained semi-trailer unit includes a number of unique features such as:
- An on board generator, propane supply, and breathing air supply
- Training props inside the unit including a single bed, couch, stove and waste paper basket to provide realistic situational interior structural fire training
- Confined space, forcible entry, breaching wall panels, standpipe and sprinkler props
- Portion of the unit has an expandable roof to provide a 13-foot, two-storey training area
- Exterior props to simulate flammable liquid fires, pressurized gas cylinder fires, and small flammable liquid pan fires.
The Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab provides various benefits to local municipal fire departments outside the Lower Mainland of B.C.:
- An instructor and technician to operate the unit are included
- Firefighters can train with their own equipment
- Firefighters remain in the community to continue to provide fire protection while obtaining their training
- Cost of transporting the unit is lower than paying for travel and hotel to send firefighters out of region
- Volunteer firefighters do not have to take time away from work to obtain their training
The Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab provides various benefits to local industrial fire departments outside the Lower Mainland of B.C.:
- An instructor and technician to operate the unit are included
- Industrial firefighters can train in their own facility with their own equipment
- Company does not have to pay for cost of travel or overtime for sending their firefighters out of region
- Firefighters remain in the region to continue to provide fire protection while obtaining their training
- Training can be tailored to meet the needs of the company while also maintaining certification requirements
- Training times can be customized to accommodate staff work schedules. For example, five-day courses can be compressed to four days for companies with a four-on, four-off work schedule.
The Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab can be used for customized contract training to meet your department or organization's needs, including JIBC courses that meet NFPA standards. The list of courses that can employ the Mobile Live-Fire Training Lab include:
- NFPA 1001 Courses
- NFPA 1081 Courses
- NFPA-1021 Course
- NFPA-1006 Courses
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