Romeoville Fire Academy

10/09/2026

Check out the latest interview with John Hardy, the Deputy Director of Academy Operations! Instructor Hardy brings so much knowledge and fantastic leadership to all of our academy classes. We are very fortunate to have him!

Welcome back to the Romeoville Fire Department & Fire Academy!In ...

10/03/2026

A few shots from BOF Class 8726 graduation today! Great work by all!

10/02/2026

Fun little recap video from BOF Class 8726.

Congratulations to all of the candidates who graduated today! Good luck in your future endeavors!

Romeoville Fire Academy BOF Class 8726

10/01/2026

BOF Class 8726 action shots!

These recruits are graduating tomorrow! Congrats to all! Stay tuned for a video coming tomorrow!

08/19/2026

Check out the Romeoville Fire Academy‘s new podcast. Our first episode features Brooke Nathan who will take you on a tour of the academy grounds and talks about the Basic Operations Firefighting class!

More episodes to come that will feature many different individuals who are involved in different aspects of the Academy!

Let us know what you want to learn about and we will add that onto our agenda!

Stay tuned for some fun interviews!

In this episode, we're joined by Lieutenant Brooke, a firefighter, ...

08/17/2026

We’re always excited to serve as a training location for the Firemanship Conference. Thanks for the pics!

07/24/2026

This year the Romeoville Fire Academy has hit a huge milestone!!

20 years!!

The academy has grown immensely over these past 20 years and we are beyond grateful. None of this would have been possible without all of the support. We would like to thank all of the instructors, students, fire departments, and all of those behind the scenes.

We look forward to the next 20 years!

06/27/2026

Another big day for a group of candidates!

Congratulations to BOF Class 8326 on their graduation!

This class took place at Tinley Park’s training facility! All candidates are now certified firefighters. Good luck on your future endeavors!

06/26/2026

Congratulations to BOF class 8526 on their graduation today!

These candidates have completed 9 full weeks of rigorous training in the classroom and on the training grounds. They have completed all objectives to be a certified firefighter!

Good luck to all on your future endeavors!

06/11/2026

Congratulations to EMT Class 0626 on your Graduation tonight!