New Franklin fire training facility helps boost department’s rating

New Franklin fire training facility helps boost department’s rating

Franklin firefighters have seen a significant improvement in their fire rating, moving from a Class 6 in 2020 to a Class 4 in 2025. A key factor in this jump is the departments new training facility, built on a long-unused baseball field that hadnt hosted an event in more than 30 years.We realized we had a deficit of getting adequate training for our firemen, being we had no facility in a reasonable distance, said Justin Martin, assistant fire c…