The Lincoln Fire Protection District is scheduled to burn an acquired structure for training purposes on Saturday at 5355 Lerna Road, southeast of town.
Community members are advised that there will be a large presence of emergency response equipment and personnel starting at 7:30 a.m. and continuing throughout the day at this small house, just south of the Family Worship Center. Smoke and flames will be visible during this training session as individual rooms and then the entire structure are burned. Lincoln Fire is a 50-member volunteer fire department that covers 125 square miles of Coles County. The department has stations near Charleston, Lerna and Mattoon, and responds to fire, emergency medical, rescue and dive calls within its service area.