Our department purchased a old water pumping station from the local utility company since they put up a new water tower,we have built a scba maze and bail out window for scba certification and a few other props for fast team training , We own the building but share it with and do town wide trainings with the five other departments in our town , works really well since we run mutual aid with each other , and this way we know what every department has and every ones capability .

We got a fire school with a fire simulator that was built from used steel container trailer boxes that were decommissioned and welded together. Check it out at http://peiffa.com/files/lfs/pdf.php . Our fire school website is http://peiffa.com/ Some neat ideas here of how the PEI fire fighting association built the best fire school east of Quebec.

You would be surprised what companies will donate for a better sense of security. Knowing that it could someday save them in a fire if their donation helped train firefighters. Besides, it's good PR for them if they get in a local paper for their donation. Bit of leg work can go a long way.