North Shore Fire Department Fire Academy
The North Shore Fire Department runs its own Fire Academy for newly hired firefighters. All new hires must already have a Wisconsin EMT license and Firefighter I certification; then we train them to be North Shore Firefighters.

The 2008 Fire Academy class. (Shown above with instructor)

The Fire Academy runs for 4 weeks, Monday - Friday, 0800-1730. The schedule is intense, but at its completion, the rookies are assigned to a fire house and become part of a company. They are on probation for one year.
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