The city of Owensboro is hoping to improve its fire training center through a comprehensive analysis.
The city has put out a request for quotations to have a consulting firm conduct a gap analysis on the Walter Freeman Fire Department Training Center at 14th and Daviess streets. A gap analysis is a comparison between the actual and the desired performance.
The training center is used by numerous fire departments in Daviess County, Daviess County Emergency Management and the Kentucky State Fire Commission. The center contains such as including a classroom area, a burning room, a four-story training tower, and a simulated house, according to the RFQ. The center is used to train firefighters on numerous exercises including vehicle extraction, rope rescue, trench rescue, and structural collapse.