U.S. Fire Administration
Training Updates
The U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy (NFA) has moved away from the twice-a-year application period for students to apply for resident courses offered at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This decision was made after receiving student and stakeholder feedback. We are now using a quarterly enrollment process and are accepting applications from career and volunteer fire and EMS personnel, along with allied professionals, to apply for resident classes scheduled from July to September 2024. Applications can be submitted through April 15, 2024. NFA resident classes are offered free of charge with lodging provided on campus to those selected to attend in addition to travel reimbursement and transportation to and from BWI Airport. The cost to attendees is their time and purchasing a meal ticket on campus. Hundreds of classes are scheduled in a variety of topic areas ranging from EMS to incident management to fire investigations and leadership. To apply, or for more details, National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office (fema.gov) Thank you, United States Fire Administration | National Fire Academy
National Fire Academy News: March 27, 2024
The U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy (NFA) has moved away from the twice-a-year application period for students to apply for resident courses offered at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This decision was made after receiving student and stakeholder feedback.
We are now using a quarterly enrollment process and are accepting applications from career and volunteer fire and EMS personnel, along with allied professionals, to apply for resident classes scheduled from July to September 2024. Applications can be submitted through April 15, 2024.
NFA resident classes are offered free of charge with lodging provided on campus to those selected to attend in addition to travel reimbursement and transportation to and from BWI Airport. The cost to attendees is their time and purchasing a meal ticket on campus.
Hundreds of classes are scheduled in a variety of topic areas ranging from EMS to incident management to fire investigations and leadership. To apply, or for more details, National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office (fema.gov)
Thank you,
United States Fire Administration | National Fire Academy
Women's Weekend at the National Fire Academy - June 15-16, 2024
The U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA), in partnership with Women in Fire, is pleased to announce the dates for our 2024 session in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Please place June 15-16, 2024, on your calendars and join us!
The below classes are FREE of charge, and ALL are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a certified or uniformed member of a fire or EMS agency; you need to be with a fire, EMS, or allied organization, and meet the class participant requirements for the class you wish to attend.
-Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (W0636)
-Building Resilience in Leadership: Strategies for Growth and Confidence (W0952)
-Command and Control for Company-Level Operations (W0296)
-Command and Control of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer (W0612)
-Fire Investigation: Fire as a Weapon (W0756)
-Fire Investigation: First Responders (W0770)
-Incident Safety Officer (W0729)
-Initial Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts (W0443)
-Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (W0646)
-Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (W0647)
-Supervising Emergency Medical Services (W0146)
-Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (W0633)
We are accepting online applications NOW https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/programs/national-weekend.html
Please take a look at the above webpage for more details!