All the late nights and endless meetings paid off in a big way this week when the Macon-Bibb Training Academy was dedicated.
Macon-Bibb County Lt. Garin Flanders is proud of the facility and was anxious to show it off, WMAZ reported.
"We are a Class 1 Fire Department and our facilities did not show that," Mayor Lester Miller said. "Public safety will be our number one priority."
With the help of firefighters, the mayor rappelled down the tallest side of the building.
The $3.2M facility was paid for with SPLOST money and the general fund..
Three burn rooms are rated up to 1,500 degrees for eight hours, Flanders explained.
There's an attic simulator and an elevator shaft where crews will train for rescue scenarios.
"Our long-term plan is to make this a regional training facility to where the guys at the Georgia Public Training Center they can come down and train," Flanders told reporters.
Outside agencies would only have to pay instructors and the fuel that's used.
