City okays new fire training facility, tornado siren testing

At the Eatonton City Council meeting on April 21, councilmembers heard a proposal to lease property on Church Street from the Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority to develop and build a fire department training facility by using Conex shipping containers to build a “smoke room.”

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity to have an out-of-the-way location for [the Eatonton Fire Department] to do th…