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Eagle Pass
The City of Eagle Pass has approved about $100,000.00 in resources in order to buy a training tower facility to better prepare our fire fighters in the training for emergencies involving blazes in buildings taller that one story as the facility will be a three story structure. The structure will be installed at the Cardona Unit on El Indio Highway. Chief Jesus Rodriguez stated that the funds were in actuality approved in the month of October and he expects construction to begin soon. The three-story building will simulate a building and will be used to effectively respond to emergency situations and how to get to living humans within the inferno of a blaze. They will train on how to climb up to a burning structure and how to return safely below. Many large cities in the US already have such a facility for their fire departments to train in and now Eagle Pass will have the luxury of having the same.