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Gaston College Regional Emergency <br />Services Training Facility <br />Dallas, NC <br />,., _ . <br /> <br />7 <br />'[ <br />t C <br />Mr. Phil Welch, Gastonia Fire Chief 704.866.6807 <br />Previous Fire Training Director <br />acili <br />1500 SF ~ <br />$ 75,000 Estimated Base Bid <br />i <br />D@SigJl Issues <br />Friar o the completion of this project, all on-site, resi- <br />dential,traming simulation had to be performed in the ;1 <br />adjacent commercial, bum building. The shear size and <br />configuration of the large burn building severely limited <br />'the realtsm,of a residential setting-,..,The residential burn r <br />building is unlike most any others currenfiyln use in that <br />`the floor plan mimics `a three bedroom, twin bath single <br />family dwelling It rs constructed of masonry walls, and <br />a concrete roof deck':' Each room has appropriate;heat } <br />shields m-order to protect tits structure from, heat also- <br />ciated wlth.limited.live burns.' Trench drains are Cori- <br />..; <br />.;:. <br />tenuous throughout,fhe building for training and building <br />'wash-down. 'A sloped, frame roof was set above the <br />concrete roof deck for more realistic training scenarios <br />that include a continuous heat/smoke shaft for roof pen- <br />etratlon training. Many of the beneficial details uiilized <br />'in the commercial burn building were incorporated into <br />i <br />G~ Stewart Coo,~er .Newell <br />~_ ~ ~,~ ~_,~ r <br />^ www.scn-archltects.ro+n <br />^ 1.800.671.0621 Attachment number 5 <br />F-$ Page 189 of 627 <br />