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Palm Beach State outlines Emergency Response Training Center for Loxahatchee Groves campus
Summary
Palm Beach State College presented an Emergency Response Training Center proposal to the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council on Nov. 4, describing a single-story training building and large outdoor simulation areas set back within campus trees and buffered wetlands, and announcing plans to extend campus water mains to support fire protection.
Palm Beach State College representatives described plans on Nov. 4 for an Emergency Response Training Center at the Loxahatchee Groves campus intended for interdisciplinary hands-on training for firefighters, law enforcement and emergency managers.
"The main focus of this project is to build seamless and effective interdisciplinary training for fire and law enforcement," Andreas Alexander, associate dean for academic affairs for the Palm Beach State Loxahatchee Groves campus, told the council. He said the college believes it can support statewide training needs and that the facility would be the only one of its type in Florida.
College architects showed a single-story building (the tallest portion…
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