The Taylorville Fire Department will soon have a new training tool for their firefighters. Crews started the setup Friday for a new training center behind the Taylorville Fire Department building.

Taylorville Fire Chief Mike Crews says the center will be a simulated apartment.

Crews says it has taken about a year to come get to the point of setting up the facility Friday.

Crews is excited to start those training drills, which as he says should start this coming week.