r/Firefighting • u/rek1aimer • Mar 07 '25

News NFA cancels all in-person classes

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Just received this email for my resident class at the NFA scheduled to start Sunday.

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u/RaptorTraumaShears Firefighter/Paramedic Mar 07 '25

Can you expand on why they’re a waste of time?

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Mar 07 '25

Very bland, basic and generic, none of the instructors had any real experience. I have been to so many other training courses that blew them out of the water. I've learned more going to trainings at other local depts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Mar 07 '25

Yea there are just so many better options. Take The Door puts on really good trainings

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u/jps2777 TX FF/Paramedic Mar 07 '25

Bro just stop wasting your energy talking with redditors. I've said it 100 times on this subreddit, the popular opinion on r/firefighting absolutely does not reflect the opinions of the hundreds upon hundreds of real life firefighters I've met and worked with since my career started in 2010. In fact, r/firefighting almost always upvotes the opposite opinion of what the majority of firefighters hold.

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u/HokieFireman Fire, EM Mar 07 '25

And look where that got you, 10% reduction in hiring and training grants, hiring freezes at federal fire departments, plans to cut FEMA. Firing NIOSH investigators. Firing 9/11 healthcare staff. Firing Federal employees at BLM, NFS, NPS, USFW, were provided support during wildfire season and did reduction efforts off season.

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u/TheSavageBeast83 Mar 07 '25

Yea you're definitely not wrong there