Government
BY COLBY FARR
A new facility in Lewisville will serve as a training site for re departments from three municipalities in North Texas. O cials from Flower Mound, Highland Village and Lewisville celebrated the opening of the John Ashman Fire Training Complex Feb. 10. The new facility is made up of a 3.5-story training tower and a two-story residential training structure that can be used for live re training. It will be utilized for training re ghters from each of the three cities. O cials celebrate re training facility opening
What's next?
Funding breakdown Flower Mound, Highland Village and Lewisville all paid portions of the cost to update the John Ashman Fire Training Complex in Lewisville.
The training facility is the product of a municipal partnership between Flower Mound, Highland Village and Lewisville. O cials broke ground on the $6.8 million project in January 2024, which is partially funded by each of the three municipalities. The new buildings will allow re ghters to train re responses to di erent occupancy types. While each city will have dedicated training time, re departments from each city will also have the ability to train together.
Highland Village: $0.54M
Lewisville: $3.56M
Total: $3.56M
SOURCES: CITY OF LEWISVILLE, TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, CITY OF HIGHLAND VILLAGE COMMUNITY IMPACT
Flower Mound: $2.7M
“YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE ... THAT EVERYONE’S TRAINED WELL,
TREATMENT PLANT RD.
Lewisville
SO THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE USED EFFECTIVELY.” FLOWER MOUND MAYOR CHERYL MOORE
VALLEY RIDGE BLVD.
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