Training at Satsop

Training facilities and programs that begin with the employer.

When it comes to developing expertise while incorporating safe practices and programmed responses nothing helps your workforce succeed like hands-on-training. At Satsop Business Park we have dedicated facilities available for your business, organization or association to train your workforce with the skills they need for you to succeed.

Benefits of Training at Satsop

Facilities for every training need from confined spaces to high-angle rescue
Support for tabletop exercise, workshops and symposium events
Long-term secure storage for equipment, props and administrative offices in existing buildings
1,200 acres of forestlands available for training
Full service motel nearby
On-demand staff support to meet emergency needs
400 acres available for new facility construction

Tunnel Training

Real tunnels. True-to-life situations. Effective training.

With tunnel construction on the rise across the nation, contractors and emergency responders are required to train their personnel in case of a tunnel based emergency. The Satsop Business Park boasts one of the most unique training sites on the West Coast with its Tunnel Training Facility. The training site, which offers a rare opportunity to train underground in actual tunnels, features three 12-foot diameter pipes under roughly 27 feet of earth. One of the tunnels is designed for live fire training while the other two are more than 1,000 feet long.

Private tunnel and construction companies are taking advantage of the Tunnel Training Facility for training their employees. Rich Mascarello, tunnel manager at James w. Fowler Co., said, “Practicing in a cylindrical shaped confined space environment gives our employees a true sense what it is like in a tunnel rescue, as opposed to training on a flat surface such as an empty parking lot.

Amenities include nearby restrooms, lunchroom, classrooms and plenty of parking and additional indoor and outdoor training areas.

Besides the underground tunnels the Satsop Business Park offers other unique structures that can be used in high-angle rescue, confined space rescue and other rescue training scenarios.

Military Training

Unique Training Facilities

Confined Space – 12 foot tunnel with drop down access
Reactor Building – Five-level interior training area to simulate rescue situations, including close-quarters combat, confined-space and rope-rescue operations
Water Treatment Building – Multi-building facility to simulate chemical and biological incidents or industrial accidents
Forested Areas – More than 1,200 acres of protected forest areas for field training and force protection operations
Rope Rescue Training – Secured site with 40-foot wall for rope and high-angle training
Conference Spaces – Ability to host up to 400 people for conferences, or table top exercises complete with break-out rooms and communications support
Overnight - Close sites available for overnight bivouac