This 64,000-sq-ft facility, the first of its kind in the Midwest, brings homeland security to the nation's heartland, preparing firefighters, police and other first responders for international and domestic terrorist acts in addition to man-made and natural disasters.
The hub of the Homeland Security Education Center is a non-military 4-D Interior Immersive Training Lab, both a gathering space and a place for simulating force-on-force urban response, which focuses on scenarios students may encounter on the job.