As communities mark Fire Prevention Week, Wake Tech is highlighting a proposed investment in the training facilities that prepare fire and rescue personnel to respond when they are needed.
The $149.1 million Wake Tech Workforce Forward Bond, on the November 3 ballot, includes $20 million for expanding public safety programs. The funding would help complete the Fire and Rescue Training Center on Eastern Wake Campus, building on work made possible by the 2022 Wake Tech bond.
The expansion would add classrooms, simulation and decontamination labs, flexible training space, equipment and an apparatus bay. These spaces would give students and working professionals more opportunities for hands-on training.
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