Location
1466 Humboldt Road
Chico, CA 95928
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 3420
Chico, CA 95927-3420
EMERGENCY -- DIAL 911
One of the classrooms at the 6,000 square foot Fire Training Center. This room doubles as the Emergency Operations Center for the City in the event of a major disaster.
While this 5-story tower is not built for actual fire, it does use smoke simulators. There are a number of anchor points outside the windows and at the top of the tower for rope rapelling drills; a fire sprinkler system and a stand-pipe system all enable firefighters to train rigorously.
The Fire Training Center also has a pump testing drafting pit and is a state approved training site for the Rescue Systems 1 course.
The Fire Training Center opened in 1996.
Fire Training Center
The Fire Training Center hosts both Fire and Police Department in-service training as well as multi-agency training and drill. It includes a well designed classroom capable of seating up to 110 persons, a conference room, offices, a 5-story drill tower, and a pump test pit.
The facility can be easily converted to the City Emergency Operations Center where is has full emergency power, multiple phone lines, computer network linkage, satellite access, city radio systems, and a full kitchen.
The Fire Training Center is an approved off-site instructional facility for Butte Community College and is a state certified Rescue Systems I Training site.
The Fire Department Training and Prevention Division Chief and Police Department Training Coordinator both have offices here.