VIDEO: State and local leaders gathered Wednesday afternoon at Fayetteville Technical Community College to celebrate the opening of their new structural burn buildings, marking the completion of the final phase of the college’s fire and emergency training complex.
Officials said the expanded facility will enhance firefighter training, improve public safety and provide hands-on learning opportunities for first responders across Cumberland County and the state.
The project, six years in the making, adds advanced live-burn training capabilities, including residential, commercial and multi-family structures, an airplane fuselage, liquid petroleum burn areas and fire investigation huts.
“This is phase three, which is the burn site that brought in burn capabilities, both residential, commercial and multi-family burn centers, as well as an airplane fuselage and a liquid petroleum burn center,” said Dr. Mark Sorrells, president of Fayetteville Technical Community College. “We’ll also have fire investigation huts.”
