Division Chief Hunter Claire walked a local TV host through the Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center in a recorded segment, introducing the site’s new training equipment and explaining the timeline for firefighter recruits.

Chief Claire, identified in the segment as Division Chief Hunter Claire, pointed out the facility by name: "This is the Glendale Regional Public Safety Training Center," and noted the acronym used in the segment (GRIPSTICK). She described the center as a multiuse campus that trains recruit firefighters, recruit police officers from multiple cities and regular crews, and houses specialized work for SWAT, hazmat and technical rescue teams.

"Once you're on the job down here, the process...is about 20 weeks total," Chief Claire said, describing the combined pre‑academy and post‑academy period. She added that recruits spend roughly 14 weeks on the training center grounds for core firefighting instruction and that graduates then spend additional on‑the‑job training with their hiring city—“another year with our city” in Glendale’s case, while some other cities use a roughly nine‑month continuation period before assigning firefighters to the roving pool.

Chief Claire highlighted recent upgrades at the center, including a newly operational Class A burn tower and a flashover chamber. She described the Class A tower as simulating "ordinary combustibles" to teach fire behavior, heat exposure and how turnout gear performs in realistic conditions. The facility can be reconfigured for single‑ and multi‑story scenarios, include victims for search exercises, and run multi‑unit evolutions with engines and ladder operations to practice ventilation and roof‑based strategies.

The chief credited the center’s development and equipment additions to partnerships among multiple cities and to local elected leadership, saying council and mayoral support supplied funding and backing. "When we get facilities like this, it allows us to build out our training and bring a better asset to that forefront," she said.

The segment closed with Chief Claire and the host noting the public safety benefits of realistic training and thanking viewers. The host signaled additional episodes focused on community issues would follow.

Next steps: recruits currently undergoing academy training will complete the on‑site portion before entering prolonged on‑the‑job training with their cities; the segment did not provide dates or budget figures for the equipment purchases, which were described only as supported by partner cities and local elected officials.