2024 Spring Academy
Dates: March 6th, 13th & 20th
(must attend all 3 session dates)
Location: Sac Metro FD – Headquarters 10545 Armstrong Ave., Suite 200 Mather, CA 95655
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Academy begins promptly at 5:30 p.m.
(please arrive 15 minutes early for check-in)
For Academy information, contact Rachel Crowell, Director at rachel@ffburn.org
2024 Fall Academy
Dates: TBD (must attend all 3 session dates)
Location: TBD
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Academy begins promptly at 5:30 p.m.
(please arrive 15 minutes early for check-in)
Families attend a three-session fire safety academy. It is recommended that all family members attend the academy. The academy is conducted twice a year at different locations. The academy is broken up into age appropriate classes for the youths and there is different curriculum for each class. The parents/caregivers are in their own group as well where they attend informational training seminars.
The academy provides many educational tools as well as presentations from guest speakers from various fire departments, probation, Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center at UC Davis Medical Center & Mental Health.
As part of the academy, children will learn:
- Fire safety education
- Fire hazard recognition
- Home escape planning
- Responsibility
- Problem solving skills
- Natural & legal consequences
- Communication
- Thinking errors
- Peer pressure
- Leadership skills
- Dealing with and sharing feelings