2026 Fire Officer I “Boot Camp”
The Suffolk County Fire Academy will be conducting a New York State Fire Officer I “Boot Camp” presenting all five modules of the program on weekdays over a two week time period in July. Week one is scheduled for Tuesday July 7th thru Friday the 10th and week two is scheduled for Monday July 20th […]
2026 Junior/Explorer BEFO Program
The Suffolk County Fire Academy will once again be conducting a New York State Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations (BEFO) course exclusively to members of fire department junior/youth/explorer programs. Download the following letter for additional information regarding the course and application.
Human Trafficking Awareness Training
Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services’ EMS Division, along with the Suffolk County Police Department, the Suffolk County Dept. of Social Services, the Suffolk County Dept. of Women’s Services, and ECLI Vibes if offering Human Trafficking Awareness training to our Fire and EMS Personnel to help recognize the signs of human trafficking, discuss effective […]
Academy Field Training Safety (26-04)
RIT-FAST Ops (26-03)
NERIS Training Announcement
Full Description: This course is designed to inform fire department personnel about the importance of recording and maintaining accurate incident data, current means to record incident data, and how that data may be used to best serve their internal and external customers. The course will culminate with practical skills application in the NERIS incident reporting […]
UAS Part 107 Prep Course Announcement
This course is designed to help public safety officials successfully prepare to take their FAA Part 107 exam in order to support their agency’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program. This course will focus on content covered in the Part 107 exam (outlined below) and will emphasize content areas that are less intuitive and can be […]
Available FRES Resources (26-02)
Suffolk County Fire Academy Executive Director
The Suffolk County Fire Academy has an opening for the position of Executive Director. Please follow the link below for details.
2025 Medal of Valor
The Vocational Education and Extension Board will be considering nominees for its “Medal of Valor Awards” for meritorious actions performed 1/1/2025 through 12/31/25. Every department has the opportunity to support its firefighters by forwarding their nominees who are worthy of consideration for these awards. For the details, criteria and application, please download the material from […]
