Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority Training and Development Academy
Liverpool, UK - Civic
A national centre of excellence.
The new Training and Development Academy (TDA) for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) is the fourth scheme delivered by Ryder for MFRA and is its largest project to date. The new facility allows MFRA to expand and increase training, becoming a national centre of excellence.
Guest and staff wellbeing at its heart.
Located on a 5 hectare site in Aintree, the TDA is accessible to all. The scheme houses departments across MFRA, as well as spaces for staff wellbeing, youth engagement facilities and meeting rooms for community use.
Replacing two existing fire stations, the flagship scheme also provides a new four bay operational fire station.
Developing and maintaining a skilled workforce.
The development will improve operational response times and enable MFRA to plan effectively and efficiently against foreseeable risk and emerging threats – aiding the service’s diverse operational and support staff.
The Academy is a flagship building with a strong presence, the sawtooth roof responds to the industrial context and creates internal vaulted ceilings with north facing rooflights to offices, teaching spaces and south facing roof areas for PV panels.
A bespoke, safe training environment.
A further ten buildings over eight adaptable training zones give MFRA the flexibility to run multiple incident scenarios at the same time.
With simulated facilities including a realistic street scene, a six storey high rise building, a row of terraced houses, motorway, hazardous material training rig, urban search and rescue zone, a railway, specialist vehicle garages and a suite of practical training classrooms, the TDA represents great functional and technical ambition.
The TDA is designed to achieve net zero carbon operationally by reductions in energy demand and consumption through a fabric first approach and use of onsite renewable energy.
