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Wausau staff, NTC discuss training tower collaboration; committee requests property options
Summary
Fire and city staff discussed a proposed training tower (burn tower) partnership with Central Technical College/NTC; NTC has set aside capital funding for 2025–26 and the city was asked to identify available property (minimum two acres) for the facility.
City fire leadership and committee members discussed a proposed training tower (referred to in the meeting as a “burn tower”) on March 13, with representatives saying Northcentral Technical College (referred to in the meeting as NTC and Central Technical College) has set aside capital funds for 2025–26 and is willing to partner on equipment and funding.
Fire Chief Jeremy (identified in the meeting as the city’s fire chief) said the goal is a training facility for live-burn practice and other training that the department cannot easily conduct inside existing stations. “What we’re really looking at is a training facility, something where, you know, we could…
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