POLICE officers have been poisoned by potentially lethal carbon monoxide at the Derbyshire force's refurbished firing range.
Now Pounds 70,000 may have to spent on a ventilation system to correct the problem.
The range was refurbished only last year at a cost of Pounds 112,000.
But two instructors from the firearms team suffered headaches and nausea after training there.
Carbon monoxide is a colourless and odourless, poisonous gas.
Replica PradaEarly symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headaches, breathlessness, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and vomiting.
But it can also prove fatal. Police say the carbon monoxide is produced when weapons are fired, but a problem with the ventilation system means that the polluted air is not being properly circulated and extracted. A carbon monoxide alarm has now been installed at the range, in the basement of police headquarters at Ripley. The force is also looking at long-term solutions.
These include using different ammunition and upgrading the ventilation system. A police spokesman said the force was also looking at collaborating with other forces, so that Derbyshire officers could train at ranges outside the county.
Outline planning permission exists for a new range but the spokesman said this would probably not be built because of a lack of funds.
He said: "There are a number of potential options for the force and authority to consider.
"One is Prada Replica Handbags an upgrading of the current ventilation system at an estimated cost of Pounds 70,000.
"The force will also be looking at other options including any collaboration work with other forces.
"The force also has outline planning approval for a newbuild firearms range but this will probably be cost-prohibitive."
The two officers who complained of headaches were both instructors. Derbyshire police said no other officers had been affected and that the instructors had only been affected because they spent more time at the range.
The officers were diagnosed by doctors as suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning but did not have any time off work.
Swiss WatchThe range, which has been in use for more than 30 years, is used for around 66 days each year for live firing.
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