The typical day at PF&R's Training Academy includes a variety of tasks and activities, all focused on helping a recruit learn the basic skills to become a professional firefighter. There are academic, physical fitness, and firefighting components built into the daily schedule. PF&R takes pride in its extensive training.
Recruit Firefighters will spend approximately four (4) months in PF&R's Training Academy. The Recruit Academy schedule is Monday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Recruits should be prepared for lectures, quizzes, and examinations every day they attend class. Because the schedule is dynamic, all equipment, books, and uniforms should be brought to work every day, regardless of the expected schedule.
After completing the fire academy, recruits will continue their training at a training fire station. Recruits will continue learning firefighting and EMT basic skills through scenarios and will respond to emergency calls under the supervision of firefighter specialists.
The following is a sample of the daily schedule while at the fire academy. Classroom and firefighting drill time will vary from week to week. The schedule is dynamic and will vary depending on the educational and training opportunities
Sample daily schedule
7:00 am: Roll Call
7:00 am - 8:00 am: Housework and Apparatus Checks
8:00 am - 9:00 am: Written Examination
9:00 am - 10:00 am: Physical Training & Conditioning
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Drill Ground Skills & Evolutions or Classroom Lecture
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch (closed campus, recruits must bring a lunch/snack)
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Drill Ground Skills & Evolutions
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Housework
5:00 pm: Recruits Dismissed