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May 2005
Regional Businesses Support Designating the Riverside County Sheriff's Ben
Clark Training Center as the Southern California Regional
Training Center for the US Homeland Security Administration
The United States Homeland Security Administration should
select a location in Southern California to become the
Southern California Regional Training Center
The Riverside County Sheriff's Ben Clark Public Safety
Training Center [BCTC] on 375 acres adjacent to the March
Air Reserve Base is the best location geographically and
strategically in Southern California for the Homeland
Security Agency Training Center.
The Governor of
California and the California State Legislature support the
designation of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Ben
Clark Public Safety Training Center [BCTC] as the Southern
California Regional Training center for the U.S. Homeland
Security Administration.
The BCTC is a fully operating advanced training facility
that currently provides training to more than 6,000 first
responders annually, including federal, state, and local
governmental and military personnel. It is the first
operational joint public safety training center in
California and possibly the country.
The Southwest California Legislative Council's position
is based BCTC existing physical plant's:
Long-time service to federal, state, county and municipal
governments in the training of first responders, military,
and specialized personnel.
o Multi-use operations, promoting cooperation and
cross-training among multi-agency partnerships to provide a
complete array of first responder and disaster preparedness
training.
Current training facilities that include more than 100,000
square feet of classroom and office space as well as on-site
food and lodging, emergency dispatch/communications center,
physical training complex, and interactive driving and force
simulators.
Future complex now in development that includes a
multi-million dollar Force Continuum Center that is
scheduled for completion in July 2005.
Approved Phased Master Plan which includes training
complexes for underwater dive rescue and recovery, canine
training, emergency driver training, fire-rescue,
corrections training, equine training, and scenario training
including large-scale incidents such as train derailment and
aircraft disasters.
Current range of first responder training courses including
basic-advanced law enforcement training, basic-advanced fire
rescue training, Weapons of Mass Destruction, hazardous
material responses and other Homeland Security related
training.
Recognized public and private partnerships between BCTC,
March Air Reserve Base, March Joint Powers Authority, and
Federal Law Enforcement Agencies assigned to March ARB;
including a unique opportunity to work with each branch of
the U.S. Armed Forces currently operating on March ARB using
the deactivated March Hospital to serve as an educational,
training, and functional biological and chemical warfare
training site.
Adjacent to BCTC a 13,000 foot operational runway and large
ramp capability suitable for expansion which provides for
unlimited air operations on a year round basis; including
the 452nd Air Mobility Wing [USAFR], scheduled to receive
eight C-1-7 Globemaster III aircraft this year.
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