I am on the Board of the South Metro Public Training Center Association. The training center is nearing the end of construction. It is a joint project of the cities of Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Edina, and the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The training center is located in Braemar Park just off Hwy. 169. We are looking towards a grand opening of the center in October.
This is a photo of the fire training area. The fire training tower provides firefighters an opportunity to train on tall structures. The tower is seven stories tall. It is made of concrete so it can have lots of fires on it and in it.
This is a picture of Edina City Manager Gordon Hughes. Gordon is also on the Board. He is shown here looking down the shooting aisle of the new firing range.
This is a look down the firing aisle of the shooting range. The material at the end of the aisle absorbs the bullets. Sound insulation is very important in a firing range. A lot of attention has gone into the sound insulation of the training center.
This is a glimpse of what is under the material that absorbs the bullets at the end of the shooting aisle. In addition to the importance of sound insulation, it is also important to remove the lead from the bullet traps. Lead is quite toxic and old shooting ranges that weren’t cleaned properly are environmental headaches today. This achine extracts the lead out of the bullet traps.
