Training Center Sees First Fires

Fires were lit for the first time in the Middle Peninsula Regional Fire Training Center on Sunday, November 11, 2007.  Before the center can be certified for training, the insulating materials in the "burn room" must be exposed to slowly increasing levels of heat, like a break in period.  Several fires were built throughout the day to generate up to 600 degree temperatures within the burn area.  Smoke filled the structure creating a realistic and dark environment throughout the rest of the building.

A certification exercise will be conducted prior to making the building available for routine training.