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The Citizen Fire Academy scheduled to begin September 16, 2008
has been cancelled.
 
The next
Hispanic
CFA
class begins August 27
| Class |
Date |
Time |
Location |
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1 |
8/27 |
6 - 9 pm |
Firehouse #1 |
| 2 |
9/3 |
6 - 9 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor |
| 3 |
9/10 |
6 - 9 pm |
Firehouse #1 |
| 4 |
9/17 |
6 - 9 pm |
Orlando Fire Museum |
| 5 |
9/24 |
6 - 9 pm |
Orlando Operations Center |
| 6 |
10/1 |
6 - 10 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor
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| 7 |
10/8 |
6 - 9 pm |
OFD Training Grounds at Primrose |
| 8 |
10/15 |
6 - 10 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor |
| 9 |
10/22 |
6 - 10 pm |
Central Florida Fire Academy
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| 10 |
10/22 |
6 - 8 pm |
Firehouse #12 |
Citizens Fire Academy (CFA)
The Citizens Fire Academy is a ten-week program designed to give
Orlando residents an inside view in the life of an Orlando Firefighter.
Each week students meet for three hours and interact with our
firefighters in the following areas:
Course Contents
Basic Course: 10 weeks, 3 hours per week
Week 1
Location: Firehouse #1
Welcome! Tour the firehouse, see an apparatus display, learn about
the personal protective gear a firefighter wears and receive your CFA
T-shirt!.
Week 2
Location: Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor
What fire hazards should you look for in your home? What is your
best chance to survive a fire in the workplace? Also, learn how to use
a fire extinguisher.
Week 3
Location: Firehouse #1
Meet the Orlando Fire Department Accelerant Detection K-9, Maxine
and her handler. And if you see the Arson and Bomb Squad running, run
too! See why.
Week 4
Location: Orlando Fire Museum
Learn the history of the Orlando Fire Department and it's Fire
Museum! Tour the Fire Museum and see much of the department's original
apparatus as well as memorabilia. Also, take a ride 100 feet high in
the bucket of the Tower Truck!
Week 5
Location: Orlando Operations
Center
Learn how the 9-1-1 system works from one of the Emergency
Communications experts. Also, take a tour of our state of the art
Emergency Operations Center.
Week 6
Location: Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor
Phase one of bystander care training begins with this session - you
will become ASHI certified in Basic First Aid. .
Week 7
Location: OFD Training Grounds at Primrose
What does it mean to "flap a roof"? And why do firefighters do
that? Not only will the firefighters demonstrate a vehicle extraction,
they will let you do it too!
Week 8
Location: Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor
Learn CPR and get your certification from ASHI.
Week 9
Location: Central Florida Fire Academy
Find your way out of a room totally by touch. Feel the heat from a
LP tanker fire and walk down the side of a building supported by nothing
but a rope!
Week 10
Location: Firehouse #12
Graduation Night! Receive your certificates presented by Fire Chief
James Reynolds. But first, enjoy a firehouse dinner prepared by the
firefighters themselves...just for you!
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