Fire & Rescue Department

Training Bureau

View Photos of the Grand Opening of Our New Fire Training Facility

Training Bureau Goals & Objectives

• To provide in service training to all fire department employees
• Monthly Probationary firefighter training
• 8 week recruit school for all new employees
• Quarterly training for all company officer’s and Chief’s
• Specialized schools for driver operators, ladder and heavy rescue company training
• Vehicle extrication training
• Facilitate and provide resources for field training
• Annual citizen’s academy
• Annual Firefighter Safety Seminar for all county and regional firefighters
• Provide training resource for other local departments and public safety agencies

Bureau Facts

• Total of 6 buildings on a 5 + acre campus, including the Training Bureau, Logistics, and Fire Station 48
• Bureau Staff of 5 assigned, Assistant Chief, 3 Lt’s, 1 FF, and 1 PT Staff Assistant
• New Training Center completed September of 2008
• Funded by Pennies for Pinellas
• Old classroom converted to an the Training Bureau office
• New 9,000 classroom building with 3 classrooms
• Men’s & women’s locker rooms
• Gear room for cleaning, drying, and storing personal protective equipment
• Outside classroom/ rehab area
• Building designed to Category 5 Hurricane standards
• Will serve as the City’s back up Emergency Operations Center
• Library with educational resources

Training Tower

• 2,000 sq ft, 5 story training tower
• 3 staircases
• Built in standpipe & smoke production machine
• Numerous movable wall panels, hatches, ladders, trap doors, a shaft and a attic, and other props to create realistic and challenging training scenarios
• 2 burn rooms rated to 1500 degrees

Other Stuff

• Extrication pad
• New Logistics & Supply building

Explorer Info

• Now under the Training Bureau
• Meetings Wednesday Night 6:30pm - 8:30pm
• Call 324-2432 for information