(WJCL) - Authorities are investigating after $4,000 worth of training equipment was stolen from a Burton fire station earlier this week. Investigator believe the materials were taken early Monday while firefighters were asleep at the station.It’s a move that leaves the fire department without important training materials, and leaves those they serve feeling outrage."You’d like to think that nobody’s going to steal from the fire department, from EMS and from the other public service agencies. But sometimes there’s people out there that do. It’s unfortunate," says Chief of the Burton Fire District, Harry Rountree.It was a site the Assistant Chief of Training for the Burton Fire District didn’t expect to find when he showed up to work Monday morning.He discovered $4,000 worth of electronics had been taken from the Pinewood Station in Beaufort, all while firefighters were inside sleeping. "Obviously we’re very upset. It’s not the first time that it’s happened. But it’s the first time we’ve lost something that expensive," Rountree says.Catherine Helmer lives just down the road from the station where the materials were taken. She says she’s disgusted to learn someone would do this. "I think that is despicable. That someone would steal from a fire station. Steal from people that are there to help us with an emergency," Helmer says.The stolen materials were all used for training purposes. While the news is upsetting to the station’s chief, he says they won’t let this crime slow them down when it comes to serving their community. "We shouldn’t skip a beat," Rountree adds.He says the district already had plans to beef up security at their stations, but this crime will speed up their process.The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office says some of the stolen equipment has been recovered.However, no one has been charged, and the investigation is ongoing.