MAY 26, 2009

LEGISLATOR WROBLEWSKI LEADS COMMITTEE APPROVING BUILDING TWO NEW FIRE TRAINING TOWERS

Erie County Legislator Timothy M. Wroblewski (D-West Seneca, South Cheektowaga) led the Public Safety Committee in approving two new live burn buildings at its May 21 meeting.

The two new live burn buildings, which will be built in Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park and in Amherst if approved when the full County Legislature votes on them, will be paid for through just over $1 million already approved in 2009 Erie County capital project funds. These new live burn buildings will give the county three such new facilities; the first new live burn building at the Cheektowaga Fire Training Academy on Broadway opened earlier in 2009.

"The approval of these two new live burn buildings demonstrates the commitment to the safety of our fire and emergency personnel and to our commitment to provide them with the quality training they need to protect our community," Legislator Wroblewski, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, said. "These heroic men and women give of their time and put their lives on the line every time they respond to an emergency, and this training will make them both safer and better trained and qualified to serve and protect Erie County residents."

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