In Salta, Personnel Receive Training for Firefighting

Scientific advances have arrived to this Argentinian province. Other cities are also joining this pioneering, comprehensive training system.

Through this past week, the Argentinian city of Salta’s Firefighter School saw the arrival of a series of simulators. These will allow Firefighters all over the northeast region of the Southern country to receive special capacitation.

Manuel Gutierrez, chief of Orán’s Fire Department, announced that the containers would be turned into simulators, and that they would receive support from highly trained personnel: people trained in Chile, supported by Italian firefighting specialists, and by the National Council of Volunteer Firefighters.

 
This effort has made Orán the only place at the northeast of Argentina that offers this special training, which reaches the provinces of Cordoba, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires.

These simulators will help improve our firefighters to face a multitude of dangerous situations. Gutiérrez said:

“We cannot be trained only in the theoretical aspects; we must also do live practices, reason why here at the institution, we started this far-reaching project.”

The simulators will help train personnel deal with fire, smoke, dangerous materials, obstacles as well as rescues at high-altitudes, depths and vehicular-accidents.

The civil servant said:

“We are taking into account each and every detail regarding safety measures. A live simulation must be able to rely on the necessary equipment, as well as previous knowledge of the real situations.” 

This project is a dream come true, made possible by the funding of the national and provincial governments “we each received a million pesos,” the city of Orán promised to provide, via highly qualified workmanship and the necessary mechanical equipment, all the necessary assets for the proper set up of the simulators.

Such is the people’s excitement, that architect Rodolfo Castillo volunteered his own resources, including his entire team, to support the firefighters training. In union, there is strength.