Emergency Services Training Centre

Emergency Services Training Centre

New, versatile Emergency Services Training Centre is built in Pori, Finland

Management of Dangerous Situations and Expertise in Emergency Services Wide range of uses Located in the immeadiate vicinity of the Pori Airport, this versatile Emergency Services Training Centre is built to enable basic and further training in rescue, security and crisis management. The area covers, for example, an industrial fire field, an aviation accident field, a dangerous goods training field, an industrial, ship and harbour accident field, a wrecked city, an animal rescue area, a crisis management village and a mock city. The true to life conditions in the Emergency Services Training Centre of Western Finland offer an allround place to practice operations in different kinds of accident situations. In addition to organisations in the Satakunta region, such as the Emergency Services, voluntary fire brigades, industry and educational institutions, the area offers services nationally and internationally. The area is used to practice extinction of different fires, prevention of environmental damages, diverse rescue and after treatment tasks, aviation accident situations, extinction of cabin fires, emergency driving and emergency care of people injured in accidents.

Traffic accident field Dog training field and track with wrecked structures Traffic accident road Industrial, ship and harbour accident field Chemical accident field Railroad Smoke diving field Animal rescue area All-terrain vehicle (ATV) range Airport area Wrecked city Entrance Training facilities and rest rooms Accommodation facilities

Runway 1 Runway 2 WinNova, aircraft maintenance training Free field Airport area Rovaniemi 726 km Oulu 508 km Finnish Aviation Academy Kokkola 331 km Mock city Training hangar and training field for elevated areas Other fields in the area: Motorway accident field Crisis management training field Impact test track Slippery driving training track Aviation accidents field Vaasa 201 km Jyväskylä 261 km PORI Tampere 110 km Hämeenlinna 177 km Turku 138 km Helsinki 239 km Lahti 241 km Kuopio 407 km Joensuu 507 km Lappeenranta 398 km

Unique range of opportunities for training AREA IS BUILT IN PHASES The construction of the Emergency Services Training Centre of Western Finland has begun and the first phase will be finished in the years 2011 2014. Already completed fields consist of the training hangar, traffic accident field, driving practice range, chemical accident field, and the smoke diving field. During 2013, fields to be built include the training simulator for elevated areas, animal rescue area, railroads and a crossing and the first part of the mock city. The area is built in phases so that the finished fields can be used right after their completion. FOUNDATION AS THE BACKBONE The Emergency Services Training Centre is managed under the foundation established by the City of Pori, the Emergency Services Training Centre Foundation of Western Finland. The board of the foundation has representatives from the City of Pori, Finavia, Emergency Services of Satakunta, Prizztech Oy and University Consortium of Pori. TRAINING HANGAR AND TRAINING FIELD FOR ELEVATED AREAS Hangar size 40 x 20 m, possibility to train in bad weather conditions Training simulator for elevated areas SMOKE DIVING FIELD Firehouse Roof fire simulator Apartment fire simulators TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FIELD Basic handling of vehicles: support, unloading and releasing of trapped victims Road accidents: various off-the-road and crash sites Driving practice TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ROAD Off-the-road accidents, collisions, situations with several cars, heavy-duty vehicle accidents CHEMICAL ACCIDENT FIELD Dangerous goods in railroad and crossing accidents Loading station for dangerous goods Leakage simulators Handling of dangerous goods Testing and trials of extinction and smoke venting systems

Emergency Services Training Centre of Western Finland offers a facility to practice rescue skills in realistic conditions simulating actual accident, rescue and environmental threat situations. RAILROAD, CROSSINGS Railroad and crossing accidents ANIMAL RESCUE AREA Rescuing animals from animal shelters and ground targets CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FIELD Accommodation possibilities for different groups Redevelopment of disaster areas AVIATION ACCIDENTS FIELD Aircraft simulation training indoor and outdoor MOCK CITY Urban-like setting, facades are partly props and partly real buildings Various training and practice facilities INDUSTRIAL, SHIP AND HARBOUR ACCIDENT FIELD Industrial, loading and lifter accidents Pipework accidents, control of leaks Explosion accidents Ship simulator and harbour storage Industrial fire building: large and smallscale industry facilities, switchboards and conveyor sites Tank and reservoir fires WRECKED CITY Search and rescue missions from rubble and wrecked structures with dogs and using different kinds of search equipment FREE FIELD Movable washing and cleaning systems First aid and medical operations in field setting

Emergency Services Training Centre of Western Finland Ilmailuopistontie 226, Pori, FINLAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Project Manager Anne Mäkipää tel. +358 44 701 1598 anne.makipaa@pori.fi Fire Officer Ari Uimonen tel. +358 44 701 1531 ari.uimonen@satapelastus.fi Representative of the Foundation Jytta Poijärvi-Miikkulainen puh. 044 701 1014 jytta.poijarvi-miikkulainen@pori.fi www.pelastusharjoitusalue.fi