The Escuela de Bomberos of the Ayuntamiento de Murcia in San Ginés has opened a new training tower standing 30 metres high. The city says it is currently the tallest training facility of its kind in Spain. The opening took place on 19 October 2026 and marks the completion of the third phase of development of the city’s training ground for the Servicio de Prevención, Extinción de Incendios y Salvamento (SPEIS).
According to the city council, the tower has 13 training levels across ten above-ground floors, together with a ground-floor area and two basement levels. It is designed for realistic exercises in building firefighting, confined-space operations, work at height and vertical rescue, as well as standardised residential and building emergency scenarios. The site also has a tunnel for high-heat fire exercises, a gallery for confined-space scenarios, areas for practising residential rescues and rescue pools. The city puts the total training area of the fire service training school facilities (EBAM) at more than 10,000 square metres.
The city council says the investment is intended to enhance SPEIS’s operational capacity in complex situations. Practical training sessions were held when the facilities were presented, with senior officers and personnel from the city fire service taking part. No details were given on future use of the tower by other emergency services or on regional use.
The city assigns the training tower to the site’s third construction phase, for which it has budgeted around €1,286,437. According to the city, the construction phases completed so far have cost more than €2.38 million in total. The available statements do not give details of further development phases, maintenance plans or tactical exercises arising directly from the new tower.
The description of the facility as Spain’s tallest training centre is the town council’s own claim. The official documents contain no independent comparative data on the heights and facilities of other fire service training towers. What is clear is that the opening significantly expands Murcia training opportunities for a range of rescue scenarios and brings practical preparation for emergency personnel together at one site, designed for repeatable, measurable training sessions.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).