CENTRAL ALABAMA’S PREMIUM FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ACADEMY AND OSHA TRAINING CENTER
Central Alabama Training Solutions is Alabama’s premier firefighter training academy and OSHA training center, bringing nearly 20 years of hands-on training experience. Located in Tuscaloosa, the CATS site features an 8-acre drill field with a 9,200-sq.-ft. training facility for in-classroom training, featuring conference room, two large classrooms, full kitchen/dining and even a firefighting confined space maze. The compound also includes a Conex building for live fire evolutions, underground vessels for confined space course, gas simulators for propane emergency training and a three-story tower for rappelling and rope rescue training.
Facility Map
Click an area for details on our training facility stations.

Building A

Building B
The tower allows for confined space and ropes rescue training.
Building C

Smoke Box
The smoke box allows firefighters to train in a controlled, smoke simulated area.
Building D

Building E

Building F

Building H

Extrication Pit
Building J

Building K

A TASTE OF OUR TRAINING
FIRE HOSE MANAGEMENT
HYDRO VENTILATION
THERMO IMAGING CAMERA
AMKUS EXTRICATION