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POLICE AND MILITARY OFFERED ‘EUROPE’S MOST ADVANCEDWEAPONS TRAINING CENTRE’ NATIONAL FIREARMS SUBTERRANEAN FACILITY BULLET CAPTURE LINING GRANULAR SAFETY AND TACTICAL TO ALL LIVE AREAS BALLISTIC TRAINING CENTRE Constructed in a former underground reservoir MATERIAL Safety is paramount it will feature state-of-the-art facilities that can and the facility will be EUROPE’S most advanced firearms and 9mm STEEL constructed to JSP tactical training centre will open its doors be accessed on a single site 24hrs a day BACKPLATE 403 and police range to police and military clients at the safety handbook beginning of 2017 LANDSCAPED ROOF standards. It will be capable of handling BUND 2/3” PLYWOOD 2” RUBBER the requirements of SPLATTER most police firearms 1.8m PROTECTION courses BUND SURROUNDS BUND THE FACILITY DOUBLE HEIGHT AREAS STAIRS CHANGING infographic: Paul Weston | www.geniusandme.com SHOWERS FACILITIES CANTEEN ADMIN & CLASS- INSTRUCTORS ROOMS OFFICES .50 BMG CapableVEHICLE ACCESSIBLE RANGES 50M 100M CLASSROOMS MULTI LEVEL RANGE Our 16 lane ranges are wide and long State-of-the-art classrooms and lecture theatres enough to accommodate vehicles for LIVE FIRE available with the support of NFTTC’s trained SKILLS HOUSE staff as required, with emphasis on training scenarios minimising costs 25M 50M RESPIRATOR RANGE RANGE FIT AREA TASER CONFLICT TRAINING SUITE STAIRS SIMULATOR SIMULATOR AREA LOCATION AREA SKILLS HOUSE SKILLS ARENA SERVICE AREAS RECEPTION REVIEWING SUITING ON OPERATOR AREA AREA DECK AREAFACILITY SIZE SKILLS HOUSE ZONES ENTRANCE SIMULATOR AREA SIMULATOR SKILLS AREASTOTAL FLOOR AREA Multi Level Live Fire Skills House LIVE FIRE AREAS The centre will utilise cutting edge CGI training Based in Bedfordshire the featuring stairs and landings, 35% simulators and CCTV with playback that can facility is well located for 65% be used to analyse – and optimise – UK and Europe wide200,000 sq ft plus facilities for Fast performance across all areas transport links Rope Entry* Layouts may change depending on clients' requirements www.firearmsandtacticaltraining.comThe centre, which is being constructed in a former underground reservoir, will feature:• Sixteen-lane vehicle-accessible 100-metre, 50-metre and • T hree large skills arenas that will employ set designs to 25-metre ranges. create realistic hostage-rescue, vehicle stop, siege and ‘marauding terrorist’ scenarios.• A 50-metre two-storey live-fire skills house,7.62mm capable, which is vehicle-accessible and can accommodate fast roping • Classrooms, lecture areas, fitness test rooms, an armoury, entry. magazine, canteen and shower facilities.• A 25-metre live fire skills house. • C onstructed to JSP 403 and police range safety handbook standards.• Two CGI simulator judgement ranges. READ MORE ON PAGE 03

02 As suppliers to both the police and military, clients were telling us there was a shortfall in first class training facilities. Because of increased threat levels from terrorism and organised crime, demand was growing but ever-tighter budgets meant that few new ranges were coming online. Andrew Young, Director of Marketing.CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WILLEASE SHORTFALL IN TRAININGANDREW Young, the NFTTC’s head of marketing, identified world threats they increasinglythe need for an independent firearms and tactics centre face.of excellence some years ago, when he was MD of BrowningWinchester UK. Three years ago, Andrew heard of an underground ‘Add to all this a whole arrayreservoir in Bedford that had lain dried-out and dormant for more of lecture rooms, a top-securitythan two decades. He organised its purchase from Anglia Water and armoury, canteen and changing facilities – all of which we hope toset about laying plans for the most advanced firearms training centre have available for hire on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week – andin Europe. we would argue that we’re going a long way to reducing the national shortfall in availability of top class training.‘The sheer scale of the thing – it covers an area of more than200,000 square feet – means that our clients will have use of arenas ‘And because this has been three years in the planning, we havewith vehicle accessible ranges where they can fire live rounds, skills been able to talk to potential clients about their needs and sourceareas and two-storey live-fire houses,’ he says. cutting-edge equipment and design facilities that will more than satisfy them. This process will continue with new clients up to and‘There will be two cutting-edge computer-generated simulator beyond the day of opening to ensure there is no other private facilityjudgment ranges where trainees can practise their weapons skills and that can match us for excellence and value for money.’responses to danger in conditions that will prepare them for the real- Architect’s impression of the training centre

03STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING CENTREWILL OPEN BY 2017EUROPE’S most advanced firearms and tactics training ‘With raised concerns over terrorism coming at a time of centre will open its doors to police and military clients at the continued austerity, we aim to provide the best facilities inbeginning of 2017. Europe to the elite men and women who need them at rates that won’t bust budgets.’The privately-funded National Firearms and Tactical TrainingCentre (NFTTC) on the outskirts of Bedford will feature In addition to live fire ranges, the NFTTC will feature vehicle-200,000sq ft of subterranean state-of-the-art facilities that can accessible skills arenas and a section of single lane carriagewaybe accessed on one site 24 hours a day. suitable for a wide range of training uses. Perhaps most important for building skills while ensuring safety, the centreThe centre, which is being constructed in a former underground will utilise cutting edge CGI simulator training technology andreservoir, will feature: CCTV with playback that can be used to analyse – and optimise – performance across all areas.• Sixteen-lane vehicle-accessible 100-metre, 50-metre and 25-metre ranges.• A 50-metre two-storey live-fire skills house,7.62mm capable, which is vehicle-accessible and can accommodate fast roping entry.• A 25-metre live fire skills house.• T hree large skills arenas that will employ set designs to create realistic hostage-rescue, vehicle stop, siege and ‘marauding terrorist’ scenarios.• Two CGI simulator judgement ranges.• Classrooms, lecture areas, fitness test rooms, an armoury, magazine, canteen and shower facilities.The facility will be constructed to JSP 403 and police rangesafety handbook standards and will be capable of handling therequirements of most police firearms courses.The ranges and live-fire areas are to be designed and licensed toCollege of Policing and Home Office specifications and standards.They will employ the latest bullet-capture technology that will becapable of handling a wide range of calibres up to 50 cal.Police services and military units wishing to use the facility canbe supported by the NFTTC’s trained staff as required, with anemphasis on minimising costs.‘Britain is blessed with some of the best special forces andAuthorised Firearms Officers in the world, but they don’t alwaysget access to the best training facilities,’ says Andrew Young,marketing director of the NFTTC, himself a former serving RAFofficer.

04 Andrew Young in the underground reservoir A skills house similar to NFTTCAndrew Young stands above NFTTCThe pillars will be removed, and the roof raised 1.5m Inside the skills house CONTACT: The National Firearms and Tactical Training Centre, 11 Grosvenor Hill, London W1k 3QA Telephone: 0207 409 4520 www.firearmsandtacticaltraining.com Director of Marketing: Andrew Young Telephone: 07785 335533 [email protected]