CSX, FSCJ partner for new firefighter education facility

The railroad company is investing $1.5 million in the CSX Hazardous Materials Training Institute.

  • By Max Marbut
  • | 4:44 p.m. August 4, 2025
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Officials from CSX Corp. and Florida State College at Jacksonville broke ground Aug. 4 to begin construction of the CSX Hazardous Materials Training Institute. From left: Gari Savage, legislative aide for State Sen. Tracie Davis; state Rep. Dean Black; state Rep. Kiyan Michael; Joe Hinrichs, CSX president and CEO; JFRD Lt. Jason Carpenter, JFRD assistant director of the Fire Academy of the South; John Avendano, FSCJ president and CEO; U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean; Michael Burns, CSX senior vice president and chief legal officer; Wayne Young, FSCJ board chair; and Diana Sorfleet, CSX executive vice president and chief administrative officer.
Officials from CSX Corp. and Florida State College at Jacksonville broke ground Aug. 4 to begin construction of the CSX Hazardous Materials Training Institute. From left: Gari Savage, legislative aide for State Sen. Tracie Davis; state Rep. Dean Black; state Rep. Kiyan Michael; Joe Hinrichs, CSX president and CEO; JFRD Lt. Jason Carpenter, JFRD assistant director of the Fire Academy of the South; John Avendano, FSCJ president and CEO; U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean; Michael Burns, CSX senior vice president and chief legal officer; Wayne Young, FSCJ board chair; and Diana Sorfleet, CSX executive vice president and chief administrative officer.
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Railroad company CSX and Florida State College at Jacksonville broke ground Aug. 4 on a hazardous materials training facility at FSCJ’s Fire Academy of the South.

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