Training Division

The City of Marco Island Fire Rescue Training Division is committed to providing the highest quality training to ensure that our personnel are prepared to answer the call. Firefighting, emergency medical services, rescue, marine operations and hazardous materials incidents require the best available training in order to prepare our firefighters for the wide variety of missions they are called to perform. Effective, efficient, and safe scene operations are the result of frequent, high-quality training. The Training Division is led by Captain Paramedic Jake Clemmons.

The Training Division's mission is to ensure that our firefighters are provided with the best training opportunities possible. The Training Division provides our firefighters with up-to-date knowledge, develops individual skills, and improves team abilities.

The Training Division ensures that our newest firefighters obtain all of the certifications and qualifications necessary to extinguish fires, perform basic and advanced life support skills, and rescue of distressed persons from a variety of hazardous environments. We prepare new fire apparatus drivers to safely drive and operate heavy vehicles under stressful conditions. We assist our officers in maintaining their incident command competency for the response to fires, rescues, and other complex incidents.

The Training Division also prepares and conducts promotional testing to ensure that candidates are adequately prepared to take the next step in the career ladder.

Let No Man's Ghost Come Back to Say "My Training Let Me Down"