Harper College Emergency Services Training Center: Aerial view of Harper College's Emergency Services Training Center, featuring a multistory fire training tower, fire trucks, paved training grounds and adjacent parking lots, surrounded by green space and trees.

Harper College Emergency Services Training Center

Client: William Rainey Harper College
Project Type: New Construction
Practice Area(s):
Higher Education
Public Safety
Specialty:
Planning + Programming
Architecture + Interior Design
High-Performance Design
The college’s esteemed fire training program now learns on a four-story fire training tower, equipped with residential and commercial zones, burn props and a flexible layout. The new facility expands high-level training for the college, recruit academies and local municipalities.
  • Interior fire training: Firefighters wearing full protective gear and breathing apparatus practice fire suppression techniques inside a smoke-filled training room at Harper College's Emergency Services Training Center, with flames rising from a controlled fire prop.
  • Aerial view of training tower: Elevated view of Harper College's Emergency Services Training Center showing the multistory fire training tower, exterior stairways, rooftop platforms and an extended fire truck aerial ladder during training exercises.
  • Fire training tower exterior: Firefighters conduct training exercises around Harper College's multistory fire training tower, featuring concrete-block construction, exterior stairways, elevated platforms and a fire truck with hoses deployed.
  • Fire training corridor: Flames spread across the ceiling of a narrow concrete-block corridor inside Harper College's fire training tower, simulating dangerous fire conditions for hands-on firefighter training.
  • Firefighter stairwell training: Two firefighters wearing protective gear and breathing apparatus practice hose operations in a smoke-filled stairwell inside Harper College's fire training tower.
  • Fire training control room: A staff member operates a digital control panel inside Harper College's Emergency Services Training Center, surrounded by electrical cabinets, exposed piping and monitoring equipment.
  • Emergency services classroom: An instructor leads a classroom training session for emergency services students at Harper College, featuring flexible tables, presentation technology, whiteboards and exposed ceiling infrastructure.
  • Aerial water training: Firefighters operate a hose from atop a fire engine, spraying water toward Harper College's multistory fire training tower while other firefighters participate in exercises at ground level.

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