‘This group made it happen’: Firefighting training center 25 years in the making opens at Harper College Christopher Placek, The Daily Herald pm31878@harpercollege.edu Harper College has opened its $9.3 million, 9,040-square-foot Emergency Services Training Center -- including a prominent four-story burn tower for regional firefighter training -- in a project decades in the making. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:28:51 -08:00 estc-news Scott Mackeben, chief of the Palatine Fire Department, standing at a podium and giving a speech with a yellow fire truck behind him https://www.dailyherald.com/20260411/news/this-group-made-it-happen-firefighting-training-center-25-years-in-the-making-opens-at-harper-col/ Read the Daily Herald Article