A specialised learning and training centre for firefighters and emergency services personnel opens in Craigieburn this week.
The $109 million Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre will be the main training complex for Metropolitan Fire Brigade officers and will have training sites that can be used to simulate real-life hazards encountered by MFB in residential, commercial and industrial areas.
The training will extend to marine and transport incidents.
The complex includes 12 buildings for fire-simulation training and a 5800- square-metre academic centre.
Turning the first sod to start construction two years ago, Premier Denis Napthine said the centre would bolster training across emergency services.
“It supports a vital move towards inter-agency training and an all-hazards approach to emergency management in Victoria,” the Premier said.
“The centre will also provide training facilities for the state’s other emergency service organisations, including the Country Fire Authority, police, Ambulance Victoria and the State Emergency Services.”
He said the centre would capture, treat and recycle all water used for training.
The public is invited to view the centre, at 284-290 Hume Highway, during an open day this Sunday from 11am to 2pm.
