Duluth Fire Department to Benefit from Training in Vacant Buildings
Posted on Jun 10, 2013
By St. Luke's, Duluth MN
St. Luke's has made available several vacant residential buildings
to Duluth Fire Department for training purposes.
The vacant properties on the lake-side of East Second Street between 11
th Avenue East and 12
th Avenue East, totaling 17 structures, are set to be demolished this summer.
Before that happens, Duluth Fire Department will benefit from unrestricted
access to the buildings, to practice techniques including firefighter
emergency bailout training and search rope training.
"This is a great opportunity to train in real world structures,"
said Mike Consie, training chief of Duluth Fire Department. "This
is the kind of training we don't usually get because it's hard
to find structures where people can let us in to do this."
As part of St. Luke's long-term campus plan, additional employee parking
will be created to alleviate the pressure on current on-street parking.
"We were pleased to give these buildings added purpose by making them
available to Duluth Fire Department for vital firefighter training,"
said John Strange, St. Luke's CEO.
The former tenants of the properties were given a lengthy notice that their
leases, which expired May 31, would not be renewed.
Tenants were permitted to remove appliances from the properties and offered
assistance to find new accommodation.