Regional Fire Schools 2025

All regional schools will be listed on this page. If you would like to host a regional school in your area, contact the Program Manager for your county.

Sanpete County at Gunnison: March 7-8  (completed)

Live Fire Training: Fire Behavior/Flashover

Dates: Friday, March 7, 1700-2000

Saturday, March 8, 1300-1700

Content includes: Classroom presentation on basic fire behavior. Students witness fire behavior in a confined environment and describe the signs to look for and the skills needed to survive an impending flashover. Students witness fire behavior from the incipient phase through flashover in a safe environment and learn concepts and practices to prevent injury or death.  INTRO VIDEO

  • Pre-requisites: NFPA 1403 pre-requisites for live fire training
  • Full PPE with SCBA needed

Emergency Apparatus Driving Simulator

Dates: Friday, March 7, 1700-2000

Saturday, March 8, 0800-1200

Simulation training is rapidly becoming the benchmark in advanced technology training. The Utah Fire & Rescue Academy “Emergency Apparatus Driving Simulator (EADS)” program creates driving experiences that allow participants to perfect their skills by employing a variety of challenging scenarios and emergency situations. During this 4 hour “Introduction,” Instructors will guide students through a wide range of skills, from basic vehicle operations to more advanced scenario based driver training. Participants will encounter realistic driving situations, including changing weather, day & night driving, various road conditions, emergency procedures and traffic conflicts. Driver Training should be considered a vital part of any departments training program. EADS is designed to provide enhanced emergency apparatus driver training to meet these needs.

Live Fire Training - Initial Fire Attack

Date: Saturday, March 8, 0800-1200

Content includes: Demonstration and performance of interior structural fire attack operations, incident command, personnel accountability, fire behavior, attack strategies, forcible entry, and fire stream management. This course includes participation in evolution based live fire exercises. Satisfies the class A interior and class B exterior fire control training requirements for Firefighter I certification.

  • Pre-requisite: NFPA 1403 Pre-requisites for live fire training or Firefighter I certification
  • Full PPE with SCBA needed

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Duchesne: March 14-15  (completed)

Firefighter Survival/RIT                                                                                                                                          
  •  Date: Friday, March 14, 0800-1700
  • Class limit: 16 students

This class is designed for all firefighters.  The class addresses protective clothing, SCBA, and search and rescue skills for Firefighter I and II certification.  It is a physically demanding class.  Topics include types and care of protective clothing, hazardous atmospheres, functions, components of SCBA use, maintenance of SCBA’s, safety precautions, emergency situations, search techniques and victim removal procedures.

 Special Instructions: Participants must provide their own full firefighter PPE (turn out pants, coat, NFPA structural fire fighting boots, gloves, nomex hood) including SCBA and fire fighting helmet when involved in live fire training.  Participants must be able to obtain a proper seal with the SCBA face piece. It is required by UFRA that all male students be clean shaven before attending this class. Students must be in good physical condition and capable of working in a high stress fire fighting environment. All other equipment will be provided.

  • Every student will be required to bring their own PPE.
  • Sharing of PPE will not be allowed.

UFRA will not supply any PPE and failure to bring it to the class venue will eliminate the student from the class.

Forcible Entry

Dates:

  • Friday, March 14, 1800-2200
  • Saturday, March 15, 0800-1200

This class will cover the majority of the firefighter I practical skills for forcible entry. It starts out in the classroom for the first hour followed by 3 hours of hands-on skills. The lecture will cover different types of doors, windows and gates. And the different technics of gaining access through them. The lecture portion of the class is not meant to cover the Firefighter I written portion of the certification test in its entirety.

Objectives:

  • Explain the basic principles of forcible entry and egress
  • Understand the basic construction of doors, windows and gates
  • Demonstrate techniques used to force entry through various types of doors, windows and gates
  • Identify safety considerations that need to be taken when forcing entry through doors, windows and gates.

Special Instructions: Full firefighter turnouts (turnout pants and coat, NFPA structural boots, gloves, protective                          eye wear).

Ventilation Tactics/ Roof Ops

Dates:

  • Saturday, March 15, 0800-1200
  • Saturday, March 15, 1300-1700


This class will give every student a foundation to build from or accelerate their current understanding of ventilation on the fire ground. Instructors will facilitate discussions throughout the day on current fire-ground challenges, modern tactics, how things have changed and yet, how much has remained the same. We have an experienced and very knowledgeable instructor cadre that will help eliminate the intimidation of ventilation and show how simple this operation is with a basic understanding of building construction, fire dynamics and a skill set that will be shared throughout our time together.  

The morning will be spent in a classroom setting introducing rules and tactics to ventilation that will help guide participants on the fire ground. After the classroom session, we will cover tools, their use, and safe operations needed to conduct ventilation of a structure.   After lunch, it is hands-on for the remainder of the day.  

When we are done, each participant will be able to:

  • Operate/use the necessary tools to ventilate.
  • Establish both residential and commercial exhaust points.
  • Understand the difference between conventional and light-weight construction and placement of exhaust points.
  • Safe roof access and egress.
  • Work in different staffing configurations.
  • The value of having the 5th side (roof) as an option on the fire ground.

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Emery County: April 25-26

Firefighter Survival/RIT                                                                                                                                          
  •  Date: Saturday, April 26, 0800-1700
  • Class limit: 16 students

This class is designed for all firefighters.  The class addresses protective clothing, SCBA, and search and rescue skills for Firefighter I and II certification.  It is a physically demanding class.  Topics include types and care of protective clothing, hazardous atmospheres, functions, components of SCBA use, maintenance of SCBA’s, safety precautions, emergency situations, search techniques and victim removal procedures.

 Special Instructions: Participants must provide their own full firefighter PPE (turn out pants, coat, NFPA structural fire fighting boots, gloves, nomex hood) including SCBA and fire fighting helmet when involved in live fire training.  Participants must be able to obtain a proper seal with the SCBA face piece. It is required by UFRA that all male students be clean shaven before attending this class. Students must be in good physical condition and capable of working in a high stress fire fighting environment. All other equipment will be provided.

  • Every student will be required to bring their own PPE.
  • Sharing of PPE will not be allowed.

UFRA will not supply any PPE and failure to bring it to the class venue will eliminate the student from the class.

Forcible Entry

Dates:

  • Friday, April 25, 1800-2200
  • Saturday, April 26, 0800-1200

This class will cover the majority of the firefighter I practical skills for forcible entry. It starts out in the classroom for the first hour followed by 3 hours of hands-on skills. The lecture will cover different types of doors, windows and gates. And the different technics of gaining access through them. The lecture portion of the class is not meant to cover the Firefighter I written portion of the certification test in its entirety.

Objectives:

  • Explain the basic principles of forcible entry and egress
  • Understand the basic construction of doors, windows and gates
  • Demonstrate techniques used to force entry through various types of doors, windows and gates
  • Identify safety considerations that need to be taken when forcing entry through doors, windows and gates.

Special Instructions: Full firefighter turnouts (turnout pants and coat, NFPA structural boots, gloves, protective                          eye wear).

Hazmat Emergency Decontamination

Dates:

  • Friday, April 25, 1800-2200
  • Saturday, April 26, 1300-1700

This 4-hour Hazmat Emergency Decontamination (Decon) training course provides first responders and emergency personnel with essential skills to handle hazardous materials incidents efficiently. This condensed yet intensive session covers critical procedures for identifying hazardous substances, setting up decontamination zones, and properly using protective equipment to prevent contamination spread. Participants learn both dry and wet decon methods, as well as emergency decontamination techniques for exposed individuals.

Hands-on exercises reinforce proper protocols for handling chemical, biological, radiological, and other hazardous threats. By the end of the course, attendees will be better prepared to respond swiftly and effectively to hazmat emergencies.

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Tooele County: May 2-3

 

Advanced Extrication

2 day class: May 2nd 1800-2200 and May 3rd 0800-1700

 

 

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Kanab: May 15-16

Advanced Extrication

2 day class: May 15th 1800-2200 and May 16th 0800-1700


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Carbon County: Sept 12-13

 

Classes TBD