SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.  – On Wednesday, May 20, Lake Tahoe Community College broke ground on a nearly 100,000-square-foot Tahoe Basin Public Safety Training Complex, the first facility of its kind in the Tahoe Basin dedicated to training firefighters, forestry professionals, emergency medical technicians, and other first responders. …The facility is scheduled to open in fall 2027. The complex will include a multi-story training tower with live-fire capability, more than two acres of training tarmac, a 7,000-square-foot equipment storage facility, and multiple training hydrants with a water reclamation system. It will support the college’s Fire Academy, Fire Science, Forestry Education, Emergency Medical Services, and Search and Rescue programs. The project is funded through $17 million in state, federal, and local support, including California Community Colleges’ Fire and Forestry Pathways funding, its voter-approved Measure F bond, and federal appropriations.