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Tactical Training Facilities


 

Proven Durability & Safety with WHP Trainingtowers


In the early days of fire training, firefighters utilized repurposed shipping containers as fire training buildings, but these containers were easily damaged, posed potential risks due to unknown chemicals in the paint, and required frequent maintenance. Recognizing the need for a safer and more durable alternative, WHP Trainingtowers™ entered the scene. WHP was founded in 1980 by Bernie Padgett, a co-founder of Werner-Herbison-Padgett, a prominent Chicago construction company. Padgett saw the need for a fire training building that could withstand repetitive use in harsh environments. The result was the first-ever metal fire training tower. Since then, WHP has been designing the best fire training towers on the market.

Towers & Tools

Tactical response requires a hyper-specific set of skills – from situational awareness to risk assessment to choosing a course of action. This requires a combination of technical knowledge, critical thinking skills, and practical experience gained through hands-on training exercises.

WHP Trainingtowers® designs and builds sturdy, mission-ready facilities and solutions for tactical forces. We offer a range of structural steel training towers and modular systems designed to meet the rigorous demands of military and police training regimens. We offer standard and custom fixed towers, as well as flexible modular towers – all ideal for tactical practice scenarios.

Custom Training Towers

Looking for something built to your exact specifications and training requirements? From conception to completion, WHP consultants will work directly with you to design and execute the ultimate tactical training facility.

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FIT-TO-FUNCTION noneOur design and fabrication team can create custom layouts, training scenarios, and props at your request. We build with your mission-anchored goals and adaptable proficiency levels in mind.
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Towers are fully modifiable to incorporate every WHP training prop and option. We collaborate with other specialty manufacturers to integrate specific training scenarios into your building.

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EXPANDABLE DESIGN noneAdd custom buildings later to grow with the community you serve. Buildings are designed for scenario realism and progressive complexity to introduce advanced curriculum.
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Standard Training Towers

WHP has studied the tactics used in the most common scenarios that teams like yours encounter. We’ve integrated these approaches into each training building package we offer – to make them comprehensive, adaptable, and outcome-driven.

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DECADES OF USE noneThe rugged, dual-frame, fully galvanized structure provides an open floor plan. Reconfigure it for new scenarios, progressive complexity, and skills training in multiple environments.
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FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE noneAn assortment of features, facades, and colors are available to enhance realism and uniformity.
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END-TO-END SUPPORT noneFrom conception to installation, we're a turn-key supplier and contractor. In addition, each building comes with detailed specs and drawings.
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START TRAINING QUICKLY noneBuild the team's skills sooner with faster delivery time than custom towers. You can always add on later!
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MODx™ Towers Offer Flexible Design of Training Scenarios

One of the fundamental features of our MODx towers is the ability to help you expose your tactical team to a variety of challenges, enhancing their skills and adaptability. With a fully galvanized structure steel frame, the MODx modular tower requires no interior structural walls for support. This gives it a flexibility no other indoor tactical training facility can match – you can easily move, remove, or reconfigure all walls, doors, and windows.
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This design flexibility makes MODx™ ideal for a variety of tactical scenarios:

  • Situational Awareness
  • Cover and Concealment
  • Firearms Proficiency
  • Close Quarters Combat (CQC)
  • Tactical Movement
 
  • Team Coordination
  • Defensive Tactics
  • Weapon Retention
  • Hostage Rescue
  • Room Clearing
 
  • Communication Protocols
  • Survival Skills
  • First Aid/Trauma Care
  • Scenario-Based Training
  • Stress Inoculation
 
  • Decision Making Under Pressure
  • Evacuation Procedures
  • Counter-Surveillance
  • Force-on-Force Training
  • Operational Planning
 

Hands-On Tactical Training Exercises

We're proud to serve our family of joint and tactical response teams. Our goal is to enhance the training and real-world performance of police and SWAT, military special operations, emergency response, and private security personnel by providing a hands-on training resource. We help them achieve better, safer, and more effective training by providing the most durable, flexible, and innovative facilities on the market.

The useful life of our training towers outlasts any comparable product on the market today. Whether you go standard, custom, or MODx, we stand behind every tower we sell from conception to completion – and beyond.
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Our Products

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Why Do WHP Fire Training Buildings Look So Different?

Our first innovation was the introduction of our military grade proprietary wall cladding system. Consisting of vertical structural panels with 4.5″ deep corrugations embedded with a series of smaller corrugations. The cladding is structurally bolted together every 6″ making this system the strongest steel wall cladding system on the market. Siding and screws just doesn’t cut it when we are talking about repeated physical abuse from laddering and rappelling operations. Our buildings may look different than the rest, but they will also hold up the longest.

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Forging the Future of Training

With nearly 50 years of experience and 1,000+ completed projects, WHP has provided more steel training buildings to first responders and tactical forces teams than any other supplier in the world.

WHP Trainingtowers operates as a licensed turn-key contractor, offering a comprehensive suite of training solutions for a wide range of agencies and organizations. Our towers can serve as joint-use facilities for police, military, and federal agencies, further broadening the scope and effectiveness of training programs.

When lives are on the line, there's no room for compromise.