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New Fire Training School Coming to Cheshire
The town is one of five in the state that will be home to the new facilities.
Cheshire is among five towns in Connecticut that will be home to one in a series of new firefighter training facilities.
The state last year approved $26.2 million for the five new buildings, adding to $14 million that was previously approved.
The Cheshire facility would be built on a 10-acre parcel on Jarvis Street behind a prison, the Republican American reports.The state will move the aging Wolcott State Fire Training School to the site.
The Cheshire facility would be built on a 10-acre parcel on Jarvis Street behind a prison, the Republican American reports.The state will move the aging Wolcott State Fire Training School to the site.
David Hardt, co-chairman of the association's School Committee, told the newspaper that the state is transferring the land from the Department of Correction to the Department of Emergency Services and Fire Protection.
Other towns where the state is building the new training facilities include Willimantic, Fairfield and Torrington.Find out what's happening in Cheshirefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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