Owensboro cuts ribbon on Walter Freeman Fire Training Center
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.560', 'text': 'A state-of-the-art facility set to'}, {'start': '2.240', 'end': '6.160', 'text': 'enhance training for firefighters and'}, {'start': '4.560', 'end': '8.400', 'text': 'better equip them to protect the'}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '10.240', 'text': 'community is now officially finished.'}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '12.559', 'text': 'Eyewitness News Sydney Davis has more'}, {'start': '10.240', 'end': '15.440', 'text': "from today's dedication of the Walter"}, {'start': '12.559', 'end': '17.279', 'text': 'Freeman Fire Training Center. Before the'}, {'start': '15.440', 'end': '19.039', 'text': "sirens and before the fire, there's"}, {'start': '17.279', 'end': '20.880', 'text': 'training. And as you can see behind me'}, {'start': '19.039', 'end': '24.199', 'text': "here in Owensboro, it's just reached a"}, {'start': '20.880', 'end': '24.199', 'text': 'whole new level.'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '28.000', 'text': "It's been two years in the making and"}, {'start': '26.320', 'end': '30.320', 'text': 'now the Walter Freeman Fire Training'}, {'start': '28.000', 'end': '32.320', 'text': 'Center is officially open. Fire trucks'}, {'start': '30.320', 'end': '34.000', 'text': 'line Davis Street Thursday morning as'}, {'start': '32.320', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'the community gathered to dedicate the'}, {'start': '34.000', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'new facility, named after one of the'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '39.840', 'text': "department's most respected leaders. The"}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '42.559', 'text': "site's namesake, Walter Freeman, died on"}, {'start': '39.840', 'end': '43.840', 'text': "duty in 1985. But officials say he's"}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '46.399', 'text': "been instrumental in the facility's"}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '48.800', 'text': 'changes since the 40s. actually had'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '51.200', 'text': 'hammer in hand out there helping out on'}, {'start': '48.800', 'end': '53.199', 'text': 'his days off building that wooden tower.'}, {'start': '51.200', 'end': '55.760', 'text': 'They could run steps and do drills,'}, {'start': '53.199', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'running hose up and down. Uh even jump'}, {'start': '55.760', 'end': '59.600', 'text': 'off and practice jumping into a safety'}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '61.760', 'text': "net. So that's how it started out. Over"}, {'start': '59.600', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'the years that was replaced uh 20 some'}, {'start': '61.760', 'end': '65.479', 'text': 'odd years later with a concrete block'}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'tower. They built a classroom in the'}, {'start': '65.479', 'end': '69.680', 'text': '70s. Uh that building was actually torn'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '72.960', 'text': 'down. From the rebel you see this'}, {'start': '69.680', 'end': '74.560', 'text': 'fourstory burn tower.'}, {'start': '72.960', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'The public got a firstirhand look at how'}, {'start': '74.560', 'end': '78.400', 'text': 'it all goes down'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '80.640', 'text': 'as crews ran through live fire'}, {'start': '78.400', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'simulations. Its fireproof walls can'}, {'start': '80.640', 'end': '85.280', 'text': 'withstand around,00°.'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '86.960', 'text': 'So within those rooms, you can get it'}, {'start': '85.280', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'you can get it pretty hot, a lot hotter'}, {'start': '86.960', 'end': '89.680', 'text': 'than you you would need to cook'}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '91.520', 'text': "anything, but we're not trying to cook"}, {'start': '89.680', 'end': '93.840', 'text': 'our people. Where the classroom building'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '95.759', 'text': 'sits used to be all gravel. The left'}, {'start': '93.840', 'end': '97.680', 'text': 'side now dedicated to learning. And on'}, {'start': '95.759', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'the right, a place for the fire agency'}, {'start': '97.680', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'vehicles and a filtering system for'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'cancer-causing residue. We want to make'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '104.240', 'text': 'sure our folks are decotting properly'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '106.640', 'text': 'because those carcinogens stay on the'}, {'start': '104.240', 'end': '108.000', 'text': "gear and your gear off gases while it's"}, {'start': '106.640', 'end': '109.840', 'text': 'sitting there in the truck. The $30'}, {'start': '108.000', 'end': '111.439', 'text': "million project is a part of the city's"}, {'start': '109.840', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'operation firehouse which aims to'}, {'start': '111.439', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'improve fire preparedness. Neighboring'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '117.119', 'text': 'fire agencies like the Davis County Fire'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'Department will also be able to use the'}, {'start': '117.119', 'end': '121.360', 'text': "resources 24/7. There's no excuses to"}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '123.200', 'text': "say that you don't have a place that's"}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'provided by the fire department where'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'you can go to get that physical fitness'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'in to make sure that you are fit to be'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '130.080', 'text': 'able to perform the job that you need to'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '132.720', 'text': 'do. In Owensboro, Sydney Davis,'}, {'start': '130.080', 'end': '132.720', 'text': 'Eyewitness News.'}]