Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock () or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NFA Course Catalog

Search and filters

273 courses match your search.

Filters: All Courses
2-day off-campus
New Fire Chief: Challenging Issues (O0760)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Understand the critical knowledge and resources and learn the essential skills necessary for assuming the responsibilities of a fire chief, including local politics and liability and risk management.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Training Operations in Small Departments (O0290)

Curriculum: Training Programs

Learn the basic skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization, including conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or state training function.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Residential Sprinkler Plan Review (O0142)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical

Learn the approval process for residential sprinkler systems for fire preventative safety, including systems for 1- and 2-family dwellings, manufactured homes, and low-rise residential occupancies.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (O0465)

Curriculum: Incident Management


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
ICS-400: Advanced ICS Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents (O0467)

Curriculum: Incident Management

Learn to function as part of an Area Command, Emergency Operations Center, or Multiagency Coordination System during a large, complex incident, whether single agency, multiagency or Unified Command.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction (O0635)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Explore risk-reduction programs and learn nationally recognized principles and best practices that can lead to community risk reduction programs that can measure success in local communities.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities — Introduction and Leadership, Course I (F0637)

Curriculum: Wildland Urban Interface

Get introduced to the national wildland urban interface (WUI) fire problem and learn how to identify the elements of a fire-adapted community and how to initiate action on the local community level.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities — Strategies for Developing a Fire-Adapted Community, Course II (F0638)

Curriculum: Wildland Urban Interface

Learn to select applicable fire-adapted community mitigation strategies for a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for each of the 4 wildland urban interface hazard attribute environments.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities — Developing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Course III (F0639)

Curriculum: Wildland Urban Interface

Learn the building blocks for developing, implementing and sustaining a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and facilitating its integration into the overall fire-adapted community initiative.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects Firefighters From Firefighters? (F0349)

Curriculum: Responder Health and Safety


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (O0636)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn about community risk reduction and how to build organizational support for it, including addressing the challenges for fire departments in shifting their priorities from response to prevention.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Shaping the Future (O0602)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

First- and second-level supervisors and company officers: Develop the skills for organizational problem-solving, including implementing change and continuous improvement within organizations.


None scheduled