Fire Training Tower - Cayuga County NY

New York State

For many years paid and volunteer firefighters talked about a dream of having a Fire Training Center, but were unable to agree where to build or how to pay for it.

Under the persuasion and guidance of John Komarisky, an Auburn native and businessman, the dream began to take shape. John was able to unify firefighters with a building plan, location for the site and persuaded Cayuga County to finance the construction of a Fire Training Center. The site was Quarry Road, partially by NUCOR (Auburn Steel) and the City of Auburn who graciously donated it to Cayuga County.

The professional engineering services was awarded to Barton & Loguidice and the building construction bid cost of $350,000 was awarded to BF Yenney. Construction for the two story building, with an attached four story fireproof burn tower, began in 2002.

Soon a Fire Tower Committee was formed and they created certain policies and procedures including:

Live Fire Training Policy

Life Fire/Smoke Training Agreement

Procedure for Reservation Requests

An Open House with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held on October 4, 2003. Ceremony guests included:

Chairman Cayuga County Legislature, Raymond Lockwood

Mayor of Auburn, Melina Carnicelli

Chairman Public Safety Committee, Herbert Marshall

New York State Senator, Michael F. Nozzolio

Chairman Building Committee, John Komarisky

Having a Fire Training Center in Cayuga County means firefighters do not have to travel out- of-county to take state mandated training courses, which saves time and money. The Fire Training Center is open throughout the year to all fire, police, medical and rescue agencies in Cayuga County free of charge for training on a scheduled basis.

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Updated: 8/3/2004