Has anyone built a training structure using shipping containers?

[CommDiva]

check out www.flashoversystems.com

[needlejockey]

We fill the hose with air when running evolutions through there. It makes the hose feel like it has water in it without having to worry about actually charging the line and having water leaks onto the plywood and lumber.

do you use a general air compressor to "charge" the line or do you have something a bit more specific?

[kayakking]

do you use a general air compressor to "charge" the line or do you have something a bit more specific?

Most air compressor's should be able to do it...so long as you don't have a leak in the hose or coupling.

[Nordy1]

Has any dept. recieved grant money to build these training structures using shipping containers?

[Monrovia1]

The FD here did that, We took three storage containers and stacked them upon each other did some addtional work

[neiowa]

Today I was at the Rock Island Arsenal to inspect some DOD surplus for our FD. Next door what do I see but a large really neat ISO container training tower under construction. The guys at the post FD tells me that the State of Ill Terrorism _______ used DHS $ to build 7 or 9 of these identical units around the state.

Ill Fire Service Institute hired an engineer to design a std structure.

Looks like about 12 40' containers. Very nice setup.

Google gave me a photo site.

http://www.fsi.uiuc.edu/content/info...ties/props.cfm
go to - Technical Rescue Training Prop Pictures

[Code3research]

Here are a couple shots of LAFD's training containers...





You can see more photos of this at www.lafirephotos.com