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Truckee Meadows Community College proposes regional fire training center at Redfield campus
Summary
Truckee Meadows Community College told the CAB it has funding and plans to build a fire rescue training tower and training bays at its Redfield campus to expand firefighter and EMS training in the region.
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) presented plans for a regional fire training center at the Redfield campus, saying funds are in place and the facility would serve local and regional first-responder training needs.
Jeffrey Alexander, vice president of academic affairs at Truckee Meadows Community College, told the advisory board that TMCC has secured funding and intends to build a fire rescue training tower and supporting bays for apparatus on the Redfield site. "Who's gonna pay for it? Not you," Alexander said, adding that cash and donor funds are available and that the project has institutional support from the college and the Board of Regents.
Why it matters: TMCC said the tower would allow more frequent, local training in structures-and-rescue scenarios now practiced infrequently at a Carson City facility. The college framed the project as a regional workforce pipeline for fire, EMS and allied health professions.
Details from the presentation Alexander described the proposed tower as a modular training structure that simulates enclosed-space rescue, stair and corridor operations with noncombustion steam effects. The college said current training assets in Carson are limited and that a local tower would permit more flexible scheduling, larger classes and recurring training days. TMCC listed related credentials it offers: firefighter I and II certifications, an associate of applied science in fire science and pathways to a bachelor’s in emergency management; TMCC also emphasized EMS and allied-health adjacencies.
Local workforce and support TMCC officials said donors and auxiliary revenues will fund the work; Alexander named the Redfield Foundation and other philanthropic sources as contributors. Bill Stewart, TMCC’s wildland fire coordinator, said the program already supplies recruits for local wildland crews and praised the plan as a pipeline for firefighters, paramedics and public-safety workers.
Ending College representatives asked the CAB to note the presentation and consider placing a nonbinding support item on a future meeting agenda; a public speaker at general comment urged the board to do so. The advisory board took no binding action at this meeting.
