Unmatched Realism
Guardian Centers is an 830-acre training complex, which offers the size and scale needed to fully test the limits of individual and organizational Medical Response capabilities at all levels of complexity. More important, we have the flexibility to focus on unit-specific training objectives such as:
- Individual training in structural collapse, confined space, technical search, trench operations, high-angle rope, water and any other rescue situation needed
- Teams exercise in our world class venue to include two city block sized collapse simulators with smoke, live fire and water to simulate all the environments experienced during a real response
- Flooded neighborhood and lake to exercise boat and dive rescue operations as well as helo-hoist rescue
- The capability to perform joint operations to integrate your team with all the various elements that would be present in a real-world response
Expansive Capabilities
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Immersive Environments
Our state-of-the-art campus provides realistic immersive environments to train and prepare for real world medical rescue scenarios. -
Realistic Training Aids
Whether it's role players and moulage, high fidelity mannequins, or advanced trauma training models, Guardian Centers provides the right solutions to meet your requirements. -
Expert Staff
Our key personnel and subject matter expert instructor cadre has the experience and past performance to deliver the best medical rescue training available.
Guardian Centers’ staff were incredibly pro-active. Everything from last minute search dogs to getting specific ethnic/language capable role players and everything in between was taken care of at the right place and right time every time.
Major Robert J. Casey
Combat Rescue Officer, 308th Rescue Squadron
I’ve seen a lot of sites around the world – this is the most complex site I’ve ever seen.
Chris Schaff
Fairfax County Fire Department Battalion Chief and Commander VA-TF1
The 830-acre property can recreate just about any disaster scenario imaginable…the diverse disaster scenes are really what makes this place state-of-the-art.
Nick Valencia
CNN
When my eyes first saw this, it was a wow factor. Our men and women have been around the proverbial block for many years, but this facility, these types of environments we’re finding here really puts us to work.
Louie Fernandez
FEMA Spokesman
I’ve seen other training sites around the country; nothing is as extensive or as realistic as Guardian Centers.
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Guy C. Swan
Former Commander USARNORTH
You will not see a more realistic environment than this anywhere in the world apart from a real incident.
Bob Rea
UK Firefighter (Ret.), UK Fire Service College
We really never had a venue that could allow us to integrate virtually all of that training into a single location…Guardian Centers gets that to a ‘T’.
General (Ret.) Gene Renuart
Former Commander USNORTHCOM, NORAD
This is the only [facility] that I’ve seen that has all of these venues here on one site. It’s like picking off a menu. You tell them I want this, this being this and this is how I want it done and they make it happen.
Chris Schaff
Fairfax County Fire Department Battalion Chief and Commander VA-TF1
Everything that we would see in a disaster that we would respond to, they have created here.
Keith Fontana
Paramedic IL-TF1
I think it gives them the best reality that you can find in the country.
Joe Hernandez
FL-TF2, President, Disaster Medical Solutions
Thanks for providing the dream, facility, and logistical support that resulted in the overwhelming success of exercise Scarlet Response.
Colonel Steven Redifer
Commanding Officer, USMC CBIRF