New Fire Station and Training Centre opens in Sussex on the outskirts of Horsham

The formal opening ceremony of West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service’s brand new Training Centre and Fire Station for Horsham, Platinum House.

Transcript

00:00 Now in the year that we mark the coronation of King Charles III, we're honoured to pay tribute

00:05 to her late majesty Queen Elizabeth II by naming Platinum House in her memory. Platinum House will

00:11 serve as a reminder to us all of our late Queen's remarkable public service over 70 years and the

00:17 state-of-the-art training centre and the new fire station portion will ensure that West Sussex's

00:22 firefighters continue to have the skills and knowledge to keep residents safe for years to come.

00:29 My Lord Lieutenant High Sheriff, distinguished guests, thank you for joining us here today to

00:34 mark this opening ceremony. There are so many people who've been involved in this journey over

00:39 the last few years and I'd like to share with you now just a small insight into the journey we've

00:43 all been on together to reach this point today.

00:46 The whole idea of this building is to produce the best firefighters of West Sussex

00:53 who will provide their own service to the community.

00:58 It's a fantastic facility. It's five buildings. The first building is the main fire station itself

01:04 which is a mix between a live operational fire station and then also a training facility.

01:11 It's stunning to think that such a building has taken shape in such a short period of time

01:16 and was able to deliver for us. Absolutely fantastic.

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01:28 It's been a long road to get here as with any major project but we've enjoyed incredible support

01:34 from West Sussex County Council and the members have really understood what we're trying to do

01:38 here with this new facility and have expressed great support for our firefighters.

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