Fire Rescue Program

Can you make critical decisions in high-pressure situations? Do you have a desire to help people in their time of need? Do you want to face a new challenge every day, or maybe even every hour?

The Career Field:

Firefighters are required to enter burning buildings to extinguish fires and rescue individuals. Firefighters may also be responsible for connecting hoses to hydrants, operating pumps to charge the lines, climbing ladders and using other tools to break through debris. They're also required to respond to other emergencies: car accidents, ice rescues, search and rescue, etc.

The Program:

As a student in the Fire-Rescue Pathway at the Public Service Leadership Academy, you will learn about fire prevention and develop critical skills necessary to handle challenges and demands of fire-prevention and a variety of emergencies. Fire-Rescue Cadets are taught in academy style instruction. Students are exposed to the same curriculum that career and volunteer firefighters are taught. When completing this pathway students will have prepared for the rigorous career of a firefighter or one of the other many job opportunities in the fire prevention career field.

Career Opportunities:

• Alarm and Sprinkler Installation
• Emergency Management
• EMT
• Fire Code Enforcement
• Fire Fighter
• Fire Inspector/ Fire Investigator
• Forestry Fire Prevention Specialist

Certificates:

• American Heart Association (AHA): Heartsaver CPR/AED and First Aid
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): IS 700 National Incident Management System/ IS 100 Incident Command System
• Precision: Precision Exams Fire Science I Workplace Competency Credential

Industry Partners:

• American Medical Response (AMR)
• Mercy Flight Central- Air Medical Services
• New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control (NYSOFPC)
• Onondaga Hill Fire Department
• Syracuse Fire Department
• TLC Ambulance Service
• Upstate Medical University