Firefighter Training – Safety Is the Priority at WHP
At WHP Trainingtowers, firefighter training safety comes first. That’s the reason WHP exists – to give firefighters a way to hone their skills without risking their lives doing it....
Innovation in Fire Training
WHP Trainingtowers was founded on innovation. Forty two years ago, Bernie Padgett co-founded Werner-Herbison-Padgett, a large Chicago construction company. Mr. Padgett had a reputation for quality, integrity, and customer...
WHP Trainingtowers – A Family Company
Most people know WHP Trainingtowers for our amazing fire training towers or our innovative equipment and revolutionary materials that help firefighters train more effectively. But there’s something else about...
Trade Shows Help WHP Connect with Fire Departments across the Nation and World
At WHP Trainingtowers, trade shows are an important tool we use throughout the year to connect with fire departments in the U.S. and beyond our shores. By attending these...
Chief Bill Jahnke – Man on Fire
Life can lead us down some interesting and challenging paths. Day by day, we collect a very unique set of knowledge and skills along the way. At the time,...
WHP Trainingtowers Awarded Sourcewell Contract
WHP Trainingtowers is excited to announce that we have been awarded a cooperative purchasing contract in the Public Safety Training Equipment category at Sourcewell. Sourcewell is a self-sustaining government...
Congratulations to Captain James R. Van Bibber, National Sales Manager – Estimator
WHP Trainingtowers™ is proud to announce that Captain James R. (Rob) Van Bibber has been promoted to National Sales Manager. Rob is a graduate of Kansas State University and...
Introducing Our New Patent-Pending Padgenite Interlock™ System
At WHP, we constantly look for ways to improve our product to make fire training towers better and safer. Since the company was founded in 1980, we have continuously...
How’s your O.O.D.A. Loop?
By David Mellen If you haven’t heard of the OODA loop you’re not alone. The OODA loop was developed by United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd in 1961...
Real World Training
By Chief Keith Padgett Firefighters work in a wide variety of conditions and environments. Which at many times are extreme in some form or another. How we prepare ourselves...
