A new funding effort is underway to train hundreds or formerly incarcerated men and women to become firefighters. The programs come as the state continues to experience a firefighter shortage, nearly ...

Probationary firefighters for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) graduate in Queens. Photo: FDNY PIO At the core of any probationary firefighter training program are the Xs and Os: the technical ...

A group of 14 women, some of whom were inmates or former foster kids, became the first all-female class to graduate from a Los Angeles County firefighter training program. "I never thought I would be ...

Leon High School is getting ready to set ablaze its new career pathway program in collaboration with Tallahassee Community College's Fire Academy. Starting this fall, the school will offer a career ...

In August 2022, Livingston Parish, LA, Fire Protection District #4 (LPFPD4), in collaboration with Walker High School, launched the Louisiana High School Firefighter Training Program. It’s the first ...

Eight Jamestown firefighters are among the 38 most recent graduates of the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services recruit firefighter training program in Montour Falls. Graduates ...

During the ceremony, recruits received their badges and took their oath of office. In a traditional “Pinning of the Badge,” ...

Four Livingston Parish students are participating in a firefighter training program allowing them to earn class credit and fire training certification that can help them pursue professional ...

The program is designed to educate, train, and evaluate fire recruits on the skills and disciplines needed to serve the ...

STOW, Mass. (WWLP) – Twenty-seven firefighters from across Massachusetts, including Deputy State Fire Marshal Maribel Fournier, have graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – At the Springer Correctional Center in northern New Mexico, women inmates are getting hands-on training in wildland firefighting. The New Mexico Corrections Department’s recently ...