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City and NTC discuss a Wausau-area burn tower for firefighter training; staff to propose city-owned sites
Summary
Fire Chief Jeremy described a proposal with Northcentral Technical College (NTC) to build a training tower in or near Wausau; NTC has set aside capital funds for 2025–26 and asked the city to identify property. The committee requested staff compile three candidate city parcels and return next month.
Fire Chief Jeremy told the Infrastructure and Facilities Committee on March 13 that Northcentral Technical College has offered funding and equipment support to create a training facility—commonly called a burn tower—for firefighters closer to Wausau.
"Theyput aside some money in the capital for 25–26 to move forward with this," Fire Chief Jeremy said, describing NTC's commitment and the college's willingness to collaborate on a local site so departments would not need to travel to Merrill or Lincoln County for live-burn exercises.
Jeremy said the training tower would support…
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