Philadelphia Fire Department Opens New Training Facility
A new fire academy has been constructed for the Philadelphia Fire Department. It’s being called a regional training center by Fire Commissioner Joseph Rizzo, “with the hope that volunteer units in the three-county area surrounding Philadelphia will make use of its accommodations.” Industrial units received a similar invitation.
Finding an acceptable site for a fire training facility is difficult. It had to have room for units to operate. It had to l>e located in an area where smoke and water would not annoy neighbors. Yet it had to be accessible to all areas of Philadelphia, which stretches 35 miles from northeast to southwest.
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