New Cal Fire training facility to open in Atwater

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A caller firefighter grooming installation is acceptable to unfastened successful Atwater arsenic portion of a statewide effort to fortify occurrence protection, exigency response, and firefighter education.

Officials accidental the caller Cal Fire grooming halfway volition unfastened connected Monday, July 28, successful Merced County astatine the erstwhile Castle Air Force Base successful Atwater.

“The summation of the 4th grooming halfway is simply a important milestone for our Department," Cal Fire Training Centers Deputy Chief of Operations, Justin Chaplin, said.

The caller installation volition beryllium the 4th grooming halfway successful the state, joining the grooming centers successful Ione, Riverside and Redding.

The summation of this 4th grooming halfway volition further enactment the summation of caller positions and alteration Cal Fire to supply acquisition to an further 300 students annually, authorities officials say.