Alabama Fire College

Strengthen your community risk reduction efforts with Fire & Life Safety Educator I & II at AFC. Build and advance your skills in public education, prevention, and outreach to better protect lives and property. Learn more: www.alabamafirecollege.org/educator1 / www.alabamafirecollege.org/educator2

Registration is open for the Fire & Life Safety Summit, sponsored by NFPA and State Farm Insurance. Learn more at www.alabamafirecollege.org/safetysummit.

Grilling season is here. Remember, grills create carbon monoxide.

Always keep charcoal, gas, and pellet grills at least 20 feet away from your home.

Carbon monoxide is invisible, odorless, and dangerous. A grill should never be used indoors, in a garage, on an enclosed porch, or near open windows.

Keep the cookout CO safe!

This four-hour class covers two very important topics: how do you know you have a problem with a distribution line or a large diameter pipeline and what do you do about it. More importantly, learn what not to do during an incident. During the course everyone will get a chance to ask questions and hear from the pipeline operator(s) from their specific area. The pipeline operators attending the course cover specific locations of the lines, diameter of pipes, quantity and type of product moved and other transmission line specifics. Other topics included are information on right-of-ways (ROW), transmission line components, pipeline construction and design, contacting pipeline operators, and other system specifics. We cover a step-by-step process that gives you guidance on how to mitigate the incident, and things your department needs to know to handle a pipeline emergency. Finally, the course ends with a scenario, created in your response area, that simulates a response to a pipeline incident in which the students takes command to solve a pipeline incident.

This class is for all first responders including law enforcement, fire, emergency management, emergency medical services, city employees, and anyone else who may respond to a pipeline emergency. Mutual Aid Agencies are strongly encouraged to attend. There is no cost for this class and the limit of attending personnel depends on available space of the host department. All attending will receive an Alabama Fire College “Non-Cert” certificate for Hazmat continuing education training.

Additional information can be found at: https://www.alabamafirecollege.org/courses-training/aperi/

Are you looking for professional development opportunities?

The National Fire Academy has immediate vacancies for the following resident classes:

⏺️ Chemical Hazard Analysis for Risk-Based Response: 7/6-7/17/2026

⏺️ Commercial Fire Sprinkler System Plans Review: 7/6-7/10/2026, 9/14-9/18/2026

⏺️ Type 3 Incident Management Team/Organization - All Hazard Facilitator Development: 7/6-7/10/2026, 9/14-9/18/2026

⏺️ Executive Planning: 7/6-7/17/2026

⏺️ Advanced Life Support Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents: 7/20-7/31/2026

⏺️ Command and Control of Fire Department Operations at Natural and Man-Made Disasters: 7/20-7/31/2026, 8/17-8/28/2026

⏺️ Analytical Tools for Decision-Making: 8/2-8/7/2026

⏺️ Strategic and Tactical Considerations for Fire Protection Systems: 8/2-8/7/2026

⏺️ Type 3 All-Hazards Incident Management Team: 8/3-8/7/2026

⏺️ Advanced Science of Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response: 8/10-8/14/2026 NEW 5-day format

⏺️ Hazardous Materials Officer and Hazardous Materials Safety Officer: 8/17-8/28/2026

⏺️ Plans Review for Fire Alarm Systems: 8/23-8/27/2026, 9/20-9/24/2026

⏺️ Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Command: 8/30-9/4/2026

⏺️ Plans Review for Fire and Life Safety: 8/30-9/4/2026

⏺️ Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement: 8/30-9/4/2026

All training is at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD.

How to Apply:
⏺️ Apply using the electronic application form https://training.fema.gov/netc_online_admissions/

⏺️ Obtain electronic approval from the head of your sponsoring organization.

⏺️ Do not plan to participate in a course until the Admissions office has notified you in writing.

If you need help completing your application, don't hesitate to contact our Admissions office by email at [email protected].

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Fort Payne Fire Regional Training Center held graduation ceremonies today for the Spring 2026 Firefighter Recruit Academy. Training Officer Taylor Casey is pictured below with the eleven recruits from various fire departments across the state of Alabama. Congratulations to all of the graduates. Fort Payne Fire had two recruits in the class, Firefighter Kevin Quevedo & Firefighter Kris Shavers.