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West Metro Fire Academy

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The West Metro Fire Academy will provide you with every opportunity to succeed. The education, experience, and training you will receive in the academy will lay a solid foundation for your career as a firefighter, at West Metro Fire or your respective agency. However, the ultimate responsibility for taking advantage of this opportunity is yours. Your goal of achieving the rank of Firefighter is entirely dependent on YOU.
To best prepare you for a career in the fire service, the academy has an extensive curriculum that includes:

  • A demanding physical fitness program
  • A comprehensive education that correlates with the career
  • All-encompassing hands-on encounter
  • Tangible firefighting, rescue, and emergency medical scenarios.

The West Metro Fire Rescue expects that you master all aspects of the curriculum before you complete the academy. You will be asked to perform skills competently, confidently, and consistently throughout the academy. The public that we serve expects nothing less than your best, and it is incumbent on each one of you to maintain the focus needed to achieve the standards expected of you.

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May contain: people, person, boy, male, teen, marching, adult, man, baseball cap, cap, clothing, hat, footwear, shoe, and wristwatch
A firefighter in full gear is climbing a ladder against a building.
May contain: helmet, clothing, glove, person, worker, car, transportation, and vehicle
Firefighters in gear entering a burning building.
An ambulance and traffic cones in a parking lot.
Two firefighters hosing down a car with water.
Firefighters in gear face a large blaze at an industrial site.