Maine Fire Service Institute
Department of Southern Maine Community College

We were happy to partner with The City of Augusta Fire Rescue to present this Fire Department Safety Officers Association intensive 2-day workshop. There were 27 participants from across Maine representing some of the largest fire departments in our state. We thank you all for an excellent two days in Central Maine! We are planning… Read more »

MFSI is proud to announce the Deputy Chief Marc Bellefeuille State Fire Instructor of the year award was presented  at the MFCA Annual Conference to: Senior State Fire Instructor Darren Woods. Instructor Woods has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to serving Maine’s fire service by teaching and encouraging others to improve themselves and/or their organization in… Read more »

MFSI is happy to announce that seven regional FF I & II programs were awarded assistance with funds provided by the new State Firefighter Training Grant.  The commission met in January and approved the following requests.  Four programs are underway and the others will be starting up late summer early fall. Washington County – Textbooks,… Read more »

Recent legislative activity by the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission in support of fire training and education is being implemented. We are proud to announce a Firefighter I & II Regional Grant that fully funds firefighter training programs. Interested parties must complete a short grant application that is designed to help Maine Fire Protection Service… Read more »

Become an MFSI Instructor, and help us make a difference in the future of Maine’s fire service. We will be accepting letters of intent and resumes from July 1 – July 31 for the position of contract fire instructor (part time). We look forward to hearing from you!

Help us learn more about training needs in your community! We’ve put together a brief needs-assessment survey on Train-the-Trainer opportunities in Maine, and we hope many of you folks will take a moment to complete it. The survey is anonymous and can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/ryx5egy4MDqvGrZD6

The MFSI team has produced our updated SMCC/MFSI Strategic Plan, which has been accepted by Southern Maine Community College’s administration. On Friday, June 4, this plan was reviewed and adopted unanimously by the SMCC/MFSI Advisory Committee. After such an unpredictable 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, we feel it is important – now more than ever – to… Read more »

We are sharing the following informational document (available as a PDF here) with support from the Maine Bureau of Labor Standards in an attempt to stop the spread of misinformation surrounding EVOC programs. We also aim to help all EVOC candidates be successful in these courses, and to assist Maine fire departments in training their… Read more »

In July of 2017, following several years of collaborative research, the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission released their comprehensive report on Regional Live Fire Training Facility Needs. In 2020, after the successful passing of LD 1845 and implementation of Public Law, Chapter 444, Section 3, 20-A MRSA § 9004, Maine’s fire service community began the… Read more »

We are excited to announce that Paul Froman will become our new Maine State Weekend Program Coordinator! Paul is a career firefighter/paramedic currently going on twelve years of service with the City of Biddeford. He has over seventeen years of fire service experience, and has served in various roles in both career and volunteer departments…. Read more »