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Cobb County opens expanded fire training facility after $23 million in SPLOST investments
Summary
Cobb County officials and fire leaders celebrated the grand opening of a renovated training complex that completed a $5 million Phase 1 renovation in 2022 and a $18 million Phase 2 funded by SPLOST, with plans for a Phase 3 multipurpose building once a police range relocation is finished.
Cobb County officials and fire leaders celebrated the grand opening of the county’s renovated fire training facility during a public ceremony, highlighting work completed in Phase 1 and Phase 2 funded through the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).
The training site, whose roots county speakers traced to 1972, now includes new buildings, burn props and training grounds installed during a two-year Phase 2 project funded by an $18 million SPLOST allocation; a separate $5 million Phase 1 renovation of the 2109 building was completed in 2022.
Why it matters: County leaders said the upgraded complex will let Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services run more realistic, rigorous training—aimed at improving responder safety and preparedness—and will support recruits, firefighters, EMTs and public-safety students who attend the academy.
Division Chief Steve Lester, chief of training for Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services, traced the training program’s origins to 1972 and described how training evolved from on-the-job drills to formal recruit schools and shared training with the Georgia…
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