Carbon County's firing range is complete.

But there are a few concerns that need to be addressed before officers can use it for training.On Wednesday, the prison board said that they would like to have an outside official certified in firearms training take a look at the new 75-foot by 150-foot range, built behind the Carbon County Correctional Facility on the Broad Mountain in Nesquehoning.Concerns were raised that once the leaves fell off the trees, vehicles traveling on the Route 93 hill could be seen from the site.Frank Shubeck, work release/treatment director at the prison, said the placement of the range was investigated before the location was chosen and the way the range faces was the safest because of the distance between the road and the range, compared with the prison or shelter and the range.Shubeck said that officers training in firearms at the range would not be shooting from great distances that could pose a high risk to passing motorists. Training would include shooting targets from three, five and seven yards away for handguns and up to 15 yards away for shotguns. The range would also only be used a few weeks a year for training purposes and wouldn't be open often.The berm that was constructed at the back of the range also is over double the required height, coming in at 30 feet high.Shubeck said only four officers would be allowed to shoot at one time, and there would be two instructors required to be there with them."I want to keep it at a 2:1 ratio," he said. "We're very critical of safety on the range."Prison board officials said that they would attempt to get someone from outside the county to look at it just to see if there are any suggestions.The firing range was an aggressive project by the county as a way to help officers train without having to travel great distances to a range.The site will be used by Carbon County probation officers, corrections officers, sheriff's deputies and the Nesquehoning Police Department.The project began in the summer, and to date has cost $2,040.Volunteers who worked to make this project a reality have saved the county approximately $13,000.In other matters, acting Warden Timothy Fritz announced that the prison's state inspection will be held on Dec. 11.