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Orlando Fire Department
Citizen Fire Academy
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Class |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Activity |
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1 |
Wednesday
09/01/2010 |
6-9 PM |
Firehouse 1
78 W. Central |
Welcome! Tour Firehouse. Apparatus display. Fire safety
presentation. Firefighter gear. Smoke alarm installation and
maintenance information.
Meet Deputy Chief John McCormack
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2 |
Wednesday
09/08/2010 |
6-9 PM |
OFD Training Center
695 N. Primrose |
Meet the OFD Accelerant Detection K-9 Maxine. And if you see
the Bomb Squad running, run too! Learn why. Learn how to use a
fire extinguisher. |
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3 |
Wednesday
09/15/2010 |
6-9 PM |
Fire Museum
819 S. Rollins |
Learn the history of the Orlando Fire Department. Tour the fire
museum and see some of the department’s original apparatus and
memorabilia. |
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4 |
Thursday
09/23/2010 |
6-9 PM |
Orlando Ops Center
110 S. Andes |
Learn how the 9-1-1 system works from our Emergency
Communications experts. Take a tour of our state of the art
Emergency Operations Center.
Meet Deputy Chief Greg Hoggatt.
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5 |
Wednesday
09/29/2010 |
6-10 PM |
OFD Training Center
695 N. Primrose |
Begin your bystander care training with Basic First Aid and
CPR. This is NOT a certification class.
Meet Deputy Chief Earl Youman. |
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6 |
Thursday
10/07/2010 |
6-10 PM |
Florida Fire Academy
2966 W. Oak Ridge |
Tonight you will learn how to escape from the top of a four
story building – using only a rope. Rappel with our incredible
High Angle Rescue Team |
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7 |
Thursday
10/14/2010 |
6-9 PM |
OFD Training Center
695 N. Primrose |
What does it mean to “flap a roof”? And why do firefighters do
that? Crews will perform a vehicle extrication AND they will
let you do it too! |
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8 |
Wednesday
10/20/2010 |
6-9 PM |
Firehouse 1
78 W. Central |
Graduation Night! Certificates presented by Fire Chief John
Miller. But first, enjoy a firehouse dinner prepared by the
firefighters themselves…just for you! |
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contact the
Division of Public Relations at 407-246-3128 or
vicki@cityoforlando.net.
 
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| Class |
Date |
Time |
Location |
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1 |
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6 - 9 pm |
Firehouse #1 |
| 2 |
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6 - 9 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor |
| 3 |
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6 - 9 pm |
Firehouse #1 |
| 4 |
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6 - 9 pm |
Orlando Fire Museum |
| 5 |
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6 - 9 pm |
Orlando Operations Center |
| 6 |
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6 - 10 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor
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| 7 |
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6 - 9 pm |
OFD Training Grounds at Primrose |
| 8 |
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6 - 10 pm |
Orlando City Hall, 9th Floor |
| 9 |
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6 - 10 pm |
Central Florida Fire Academy
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| 10 |
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6 - 8 pm |
Firehouse #12 |
Citizens Fire Academy (CFA)
Schedule subject to change
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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