{"id":4892,"date":"2021-06-09T06:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:39:23","slug":"planning-approval-granted-for-40m-training-centre-to-revolutionise-firefighter-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/planning-approval-granted-for-40m-training-centre-to-revolutionise-firefighter-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Approval granted for \u00a340m Training Centre to Revolutionise Firefighter Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
9 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) has welcomed planning approval from Mid Ulster Council for the final phase of its Learning & Development Centre (LDC) outside Cookstown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u00a342.2 million investment is a Northern Ireland Executive flagship project and represents the largest capital build ever undertaken by NIFRS. The facilities will revolutionise how NIFRS trains and develops its people to protect everyone in Northern Ireland and further professionalise the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plans for Phase Two include the building of a specialist driving and road traffic collision training area, a training environment for collapsed buildings and below ground rescue, a flood water rescue training facility and a \u201ccall out village\u201d which will include a bungalow, a semi-detached dwelling and a detached dwelling. These will provide Firefighters with \u2018real life\u2019 complex training experiences and will complement the existing Tactical Firefighting Facility on the site which opened in September 2019 as Phase One of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n