Provision of Maintenance Services for Flood Water Facility Water Treatment Plant in LDC Cookstown

As part of the £42m construction of the new NIFRS Learning and Development Training College, NIFRS installed a unique Flood Water Facility (FWF). It is a unique firefighting training asset, the second of its kind in the world; it includes a 10m wide x 100m long flood channel fed by an adjoining reservoir via a dedicated pumping station.

The flood channel includes a vehicle access gate, mock residential property, footbridge and various access points to provide realistic scenarios for Water Rescue training. This area of the site also incorporates an extended area of hard-standing and water access design features to facilitate a range of HVP training scenarios.

The water volume of the facility is approximately 6,700m³. The water is treated to 'recreational standards', following European Union (EU) inland bathing standards and World Health Organization (WHO) recreational water quality guidelines.

To enable this, there is a bespoke water treatment system installed. These bespoke water treatment systems will require a stringent and specific planned preventative maintenance (PPM) regime to ensure the pool is maintained to swimming pool standards. In addition to PPM, Reactive maintenance is required to identify, isolate and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, prop or system can be restored to an operational and safe condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.