Fire Academy celebrates move to Austin with open house

The ACC Fire Training Academy is celebrating its move to its new facility on Dec. 2. The Academy is hosting an open house at the facility it shares with the Austin Fire and Police Department located at 4800 Shaw Lane in southeast Austin.

This is the Academy's first semester in its new home after 19 years of being located in Taylor, Texas.

"We are the Austin Community College Fire Academy, and we just felt we needed it back in Austin," said Paul Menches, Chair of the Fire Protection Technology Department.

Menches said the Taylor location served the Academy well but that "it just made sense for us to be located in Austin and be assigned to a campus."

The open house is from 10:30 am to noon, is open to the public, and will be followed by a demonstration by the Fire Training Academy cadets.