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Monroe County approves firefighter minimum-standards training program, sets $5,000 tuition
Summary
The Board approved a resolution authorizing Monroe County Fire Rescue to run a minimum-standards fire academy, setting an operational tuition of $5,000 per student and keeping the county’s existing Hotshots residential-waiver program while exploring scholarships and other financial supports.
Monroe County commissioners on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing the county’s fire-rescue department to develop, implement and administer a firefighter minimum-standards training program and to set program requirements including tuition and participant eligibility.
The program, to be run at the Joe London Training Academy, establishes an operational tuition of $5,000 per student for the roughly three-month, minimum-standards academy. County staff said the fee was calculated to recover personnel costs and additional equipment wear for a full class of 30 students while remaining within the range charged by similar training programs elsewhere in Florida.
Chief, Monroe County Fire Rescue (presenter), told commissioners the $5,000 figure reflects instructor…
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