Establishing a solid foundation of life-saving skills is one of the first steps to creating and maintaining an all-hazards response agency like the Virginia Beach Fire Department. ​Through training and community education, the staff of the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center strives to achieve a safe community for its residents, employees and visitors on a daily basis.

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  • Firefighter hosing down white car on fire during training exercise
  • Fire training center burn training building on fire at night
  • Burn building at fire training center
  • Firefighters preparing to enter a burning building for training exercise
  • Window on fire at burn practice building with firefighter putting it out
  • Practicing urban search and rescue around cargo containers
  • Firefighters practicing to extinguish a natrual gas fire
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