Emergency personnel to train at Airstream campus Tuesday

First-responders and emergency personnel will gather at Airstream’s Jackson Center campus Tuesday for critical response training.

The maker of recreational vehicles has its annual planned manufacturing shutdown Tuesday, which makes the Shelby County campus open to more than 100 Northern Miami Valley law enforcement and emergency agencies for critical response training, including Jackson Center and Troy police, the Southwest Regional K9 Training Group, sheriff’s personnel from Darke, Shelby and Miami counties and others.

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Earlier this year, Airstream, a subsidiary of Thor Industries, announced plans to break ground in the spring for a $40 million expansion in Jackson Center. The plan was to create a 750,000 square-foot facility, which will also be completely powered by renewable energy credits, with completion expected in 2019.

As a result of the expanded capacity, Airstream expects to raise total employment in Jackson Center to around 1,200 people.

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Airstream began operating in Jackson Center in 1952. The current plant was built in 1971. The Jackson Center campus off West Pike Street has been Airstream’s sole manufacturing location since 1979.

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