Berkeley, Albany split $500,000 in federal funding for fire training

Berkeley, Albany split $500,000 in federal funding for fire training

Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, mayors and fire officials announced the funding Tuesday. A site for a new facility has not been selected yet.

New East Bay fire training center lands $500K federal grant

Firefighters in Berkeley, Albany and other East Bay cities may soon have a live burn facility to practice critical skills, thanks to a $500,000 federal grant announced Tuesday.U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon announced at a press conference that federal funds had been allocated to help create an East Bay Regional Fire Training Facility, a central hub that will train first responders from northern Alameda and western Contra Costa counties not only how to…