Division of Training

The Alameda Fire Department's Division of Training oversees all training for on-line personnel and Recruit Firefighter Academies. The Division is staffed with two Training Fire Captains and an Administrative Assistant.

Alameda Firefighters are continually training in order to keep up on the latest knowledge & skills to be ready to respond to any type of emergency. In 2022, members recorded 18,363 hours of training. This equates to each member logging 1.54 training hours per day. Training topics include: Structural Firefighting, Wildland Firefighting, Marine Firefighting, Technical Rescue, Hazardous Materials, Incident Management System, Fire Prevention, Fire Inspection, Emergency Medical Services, Rank specific training, and many more.

In 2022, the Alameda Fire Department partnered with the California State Fire Training to become an Accredited Local Academy (ALA). State Fire Training (SFT) is the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) division that establishes, develops, and delivers standardized training and education for the California Fire Service. OSFM accredits academic institutions and fire agencies to deliver fire training and education. An Accredited Local Academy (ALA) is defined as a partnership between a fire agency serving a specific authority having jurisdiction and the OSFM to deliver approved State Fire Training curriculum within a given region.

This accreditation as an ALA provides the Alameda Fire Department the opportunity to train and test new Recruits to the Firefighter 1 & 2 State Fire Training standard in which they will become certified through OSFM at the national standard.

The Alameda Fire Department currently has more than 12 registered State Fire Training Instructors who can teach and provide certified SFT courses to AFD personnel and our ALA Academy.