Firefighters are on their way toward receiving a structure to help with advanced firefighting training. The City Council Committee recommended Monday the council approve giving the Springdale Fire Department $500,000 to build a fire training facility. "It's been in the planning stages since our strategic plan back in 2014," Fire Chief Mike Irwin said. "We knew it would take a while. It was slated on the strategic plan to take three or four years to get it." The wait to build one hinged on a search for a location and acquiring the money to purchase it, Irwin said. The land Irwin has his sights on is five acres on Walter Turnbow Drive in the Public Facilities Industrial Complex.