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The Governing Board has given its approval this morning the specifications for contracting work on the training ground for firefighters in San Gines, will be the first facility of its kind in the region.

This infrastructure will be located on a plot of about 9,000 square meters located at the entrance of the Industrial West, a site without residential buildings isolated in its environment, which avoid any conflict arising from the combustion gases, noise and nuisance to neighbors .

The maneuvers will field facilities relevant to the development of fire maneuvers and practices.

So a large open space for maneuvering, a unit of confined spaces and collapsed structures, an industrial area based on metallic structures, an area of ​​containers, an area of ​​release, a bunker for explosions and a swimming rescue practices will be created and diving, plus a building for practices or "fire house" with two basement and four floors above ground, classrooms and offices, a laboratory and a warehouse.

Similarly, in a second phase, a tower ten floors and two basements for practice will be constructed underground area with labyrinthine spaces

This center will be environmentally sustainable and that the purging water will recover, clean gaseous fuels will be used and artificial smoke is used in all possible maneuvers.

This initiative aims to provide highly qualified firefighters of the City of Murcia for their roles in providing emergency and public disaster.

Furthermore seeks to bring the fire service to the population, as was established as centers for the dissemination of fire prevention for schools, associations, institutions and companies.

It is a regional formative claim due to the lack of facilities of its kind in the regional environment.

The next training in Madrid, Seville and Barcelona, ​​in addition to specific centers in Gijón and Pontevedra.

For the construction of this field of maneuvers a maximum of 533,000 euros will be invested and the deadline of works is 12 months.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia