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Fire Department Training Section

The Training Section provides quality training to ensure proficiency in all areas of emergency response relating to fire suppression, hazardous materials, emergency medical, fire prevention, and technical rescue. The section also promotes public safety through education and to ensure reparedness for any disaster, natural or manmade.

The Fire Department Training Captain manages the North Net Fire Training Center. The training center schedules all "on-site" training and develops and administers various educational and training programs such as: promotional exams, certification proficiency exams for fire apparatus operators, Urban Search and Rescue skills training, and re-certification exams for fire department EMT personnel.

Planning, research and development of new firefighting/rescue techniques and equipment are also managed by the training center. Furthermore, the training center staff manages 40 volunteer work experience firefighter reserves. The volunteer work experience reserve program is designed to provide experience in a fire department environment for firefighter academy graduates that are seeking full time employment as firefighters.