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Board approves Richmond Fire partnership with Richmond Community Schools for 2025–26 youth training program
Summary
The board approved contract 147-2025 to continue a partnership providing Fire and Rescue 1 and 2 and EMS instruction to eligible students in the 2025–26 school year; estimated class size was discussed but not finalized.
The Richmond Board of Public Works and Safety on Sept. 25 approved contract 147-2025 with Richmond Community Schools to maintain a youth partnership program for the 2025–26 school year that will provide eligible students Fire and Rescue 1 and 2 classes and EMS instruction.
James Clark of Richmond Fire presented the program and said participants may include students from the Richmond Area Career Center and probationary members of the Richmond Fire Department. Clark estimated class size at “probably 20 to 25” students but said he did not have an exact enrollment number available at the meeting.
The board moved and seconded the contract approval and carried the motion by voice vote. The contract amount was not specified in the meeting transcript provided to the record.
The program is intended to provide vocational and certification-focused instruction to eligible students in the Richmond area during the 2025–26 school year.
