Orange County Fire Rescue Training Center
Location
Orlando, FL
Size
32,000 SF, 40 acres
Services
Architectural Services
Client
Orange County Fire Rescue Department
Highlights
Live Fire Training
Fitness Center
Custom Prop Design
Classrooms
Administration
Locker Rooms
Simulation Room
Awards
2026 AIA Florida, Citation Award of Excellence for New Work
2025 Global 100, Best Design Award
2024 Global 100, Best Design Award
2023 Build Award, Best Training Facility Design

The Orange County Fire Rescue Training Center is a state-of-the-art public safety training campus designed to support the education, preparedness, and professional development of Orange County's firefighters and emergency responders. Situated on approximately 40 acres, the facility provides realistic, hands-on training environments that prepare first responders for the complex challenges they face in the field every day.
The campus includes a modern training and administration building featuring classrooms, simulation spaces, fitness areas, locker rooms, collaboration spaces, and support facilities that accommodate both recruit academies and ongoing professional training. These educational spaces are complemented by a diverse collection of specialized training props and structures that allow firefighters to train in realistic emergency scenarios.
The training grounds include a live-fire burn building, tactical training tower, flashover simulation, confined space and trench rescue props, structural collapse training building, vehicle extrication props, drafting pond, pump testing facilities, and other specialty training environments. Together, these elements create a comprehensive training campus capable of supporting a wide range of fire, rescue, and emergency response disciplines.
Designed with flexibility and long-term growth in mind, the facility serves as a regional resource for Orange County Fire Rescue and partnering agencies. The campus provides opportunities for classroom instruction, live-fire exercises, technical rescue training, and multi-agency emergency preparedness operations, all within a single integrated environment.
The Orange County Fire Rescue Training Center reflects Orange County's commitment to public safety, workforce development, and operational excellence. By providing firefighters and emergency responders with access to modern facilities and realistic training experiences, the project helps ensure that those who protect the community are equipped with the skills, confidence, and readiness needed to respond when every second counts.

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