Fire Rescue Victoria Training Academy

The Fire Rescue Victoria Training Academy is a training facility for Fire Rescue Victoria professional firefighters. The center is located in Melbourne, Australia's north in Craigieburn.

History

2014

The training center was completed in June 2014 for $109 million and designed by Woods Bagot and
It was built for Metropolitan Fire Brigade after 2 years of planning.

2015

It is the primary training center for Metropolitan Fire Brigade and their recruit courses and promotional courses.
Following the closure of CFA Fiskville training ground due to health and safety reasons, the centre became the primary training facility for CFA new career fire fighters.

2023

VEMTC is renamed The Fire Rescue Victoria Training Academy.

Key features

The 10 hectare facility has a focus on urban emergency incidents with scenarios for the following settings:

There is a large seven-story building or prop which includes a carpark and numerous other types of environments including an atrium, prison and hospital themes.