TIFTON — The City of Tifton’s Fire Department will be able to train for fire emergencies even better than before through their new burn building training facility.

The new facility, which will help train firefighters on and prepare them for the crises they might encounter on the job, was unveiled last month as a replacement and upgrade for the fire department’s former training center, which had been in use for over 20 years.

Fire chief Bobby Bennett reported that the three-story burn building had been constructed out of recycled shipping containers, and was designed to simulate a burning structure and buildings like hotels and multi-story houses.

Through the facility, firefighters will be trained on a variety of scenarios, including structural fire control, manipulating hoses up and down stairwells, working with standpipe systems and ladder trucks for entry into aboveground floors, conducting search and rescue exercises, and plenty more. Bennett emphasized and praised the level of versatility the training facility would be able to provide the city firefighters.

Indeed, Tifton’s firefighters have already begun going through their drills within the burn building, having conducted a training session in the new facility Jan. 13 and 14.

Bennett expressed high hopes for the new facility, and thanked the city council members for providing them with the funding to develop the structure.

The new burn building is located at the city fire department’s training center on Old Omega Road.