National Fire Academy

The Maine Fire Service Institute is the State Fire Training Agency responsible for providing National Fire Academy training programs to Maine’s Emergency First Responders under both Federal and State of Maine Law. Title 20-A, §9003: State agents for federal programs (mainelegislature.org)

Each year, Maine is allowed to choose four (4) programs that are typically delivered in March and September. These programs are different because they are instructed by out-of-state National Fire Academy Instructors that come to Maine to deliver programs.  Many of these programs are financially supported by the National Fire Academy Fire Training Grant.  MFSI also applies each year for a six-day NFA in-state delivery in FEMA Region #1.

The following are a list of courses that may be requested and delivered in your area.

  • Incident Safety Officers
  • Health & Safety Program Manager
  • Preparations for Initial Company Operations
    • Preparation for Initial Company Operations
    • Decision Making for Initial Company Operations
    • Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations
  • Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction
  • Leadership in supervision series:
    • Professional Growth
    • Perspectives in Thinking
    • Frameworks to Success

We encourage any State of Maine fire service member to attend the National Fire Academy. As a Maine fire service professional, you are allowed one free on-campus program per year. The only cost is the meal ticket.  In addition, the National Fire Academy offers many online programs for your convenience free-of-charge.  For more information, please visit the National Fire Academy website at National Fire Academy (fema.gov)

*CANCELED* 2025 Women’s Weekend at the NFA 

In partnership with Women in Fire, the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA) has vacancies for the following courses, which will be held at the NETC Campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from March 15 to16, 2025.

Registration for the following courses is OPEN until February 9th:

  • W0146 – Supervising Emergency Medical Services (SEMS)
  • W0256 – Safety for Hazardous Materials Incidents
  • W0296 – Command and Control for Company-Level Operations
  • W0321 – Incident Command for Highrise Operations
  • W0648 – Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success
  • W0756 – Fire Investigation: Fire as a Weapon
  • W0905 – Followership to Leadership
  • W0953 – Industrial Emergencies for Municipal-Based Responders