Members of the Athens Clarke County fire department look on as a trainee learns the appropriate way to break out a window. This scene is one of many from an exercise conducted recently on property owned by Athens Area Habitat for Humanity. Habitat was contacted by the fire department, who were looking for a spot to practice drills.

Habitat recently recently acquired the property with a grant from Athens Clarke County Human and Economic Development and the house is scheduled for demolition soon. Three new Habitat homes will be built on the property and two next to it. Habitat is very excited about these projects and the impact they will have on the neighborhood.

Athens Area Habitat salutes these brave men in their endeavor to make our community a safer place to live.