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City of Winter Park Fire Rescue Training Facility

Location

Winter Park, FL


Size

8,000 SF


Services

Architectural Services


Client

City of Winter Park Fire Rescue Department


Highlights

Live Fire Training

Shaded Pavilion

Restrooms and Showers

Outdoor Classroom

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The Winter Park Fire Rescue Training Facility is a purpose-built campus designed to enhance firefighter training, leadership development, and emergency preparedness for the City of Winter Park. Planned as a multi-phase development, the facility will provide realistic, hands-on training environments that prepare firefighters to respond safely and effectively to the challenges they face in the field.


The project includes a four-story fire training tower and burn building, along with a support pavilion featuring an outdoor classroom, restrooms, gathering spaces, and a covered apparatus bay. Together, these facilities create a versatile training environment capable of supporting live-fire exercises, rescue simulations, leadership development programs, and ongoing professional education.


The training tower serves as the centerpiece of the campus, providing a durable and flexible structure for a variety of training scenarios. Constructed with a structural steel frame system and exterior panel design, the tower enables firefighters to practice vertical operations, search and rescue techniques, ladder evolutions, and live-fire training in a controlled environment.


Complementing the tower, the pavilion provides a welcoming space for instruction, collaboration, and post-training activities. The building features exposed structural steel elements, masonry detailing, and covered outdoor areas that create both a functional and architecturally distinctive gathering space for firefighters and instructors.


Designed in close collaboration with Winter Park Fire Rescue, the facility establishes the foundation for a long-term training campus that can expand as future needs evolve. When complete, the Winter Park Fire Rescue Training Facility will provide a lasting resource that strengthens firefighter readiness, supports professional growth, and enhances the department's ability to serve and protect the community.

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