Wet winter boosts training facility

The ISS Facility Services fire and flood training house has trained 289 people within four months of opening. The UK’s extensive floods in early 2014 allowed ISS to demonstrate the positive impact of the new facility with its response to flood damage restoration throughout the UK.

The three-room bungalow training house is part of a £250,000 programme to develop and implement the most up-to-date training and restoration techniques. Constructed inside the ISS Restoration training centre in Mansfield, one of the bungalow's three rooms is designated specifically for flooding impact to floors, walls and cavities. The remaining rooms deal with odours and smoke damage.

Managing Director, ISS Restoration, Phil Else, commented: "During the floods at the start of the year we were able to respond quickly and effectively to our clients’ needs. We must remember that although the flood water has receded, thousands of people and their property remains affected. ” He added: “The training house has proved its worth, giving our people a head start in property restoration.”