Fayetteville Technical Community College wrapped up a $46 million fire and emergency training complex on Wednesday. The Dr. J. Larry Keen Regional Fire and Emergency Training Complex brings live-burn training and rescue infrastructure for first responders across Cumberland County and eastern North Carolina.
The last phase brought residential, commercial, and multi-family burn structures to the Tom Starling Road site. Workers installed an airplane fuselage. Liquid petroleum burn areas went in. Fire investigation huts sprouted up across the 30-acre campus.
“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, according to ABC11. “We’ll also have fire investigation huts.”…