The City of Cambridge Fire Department's Training and Development division provides training programs to:

  • Firefighters
  • Officers
  • Records management staff
  • Facility management staff
  • New recruits

Our training programs are continuously improving to meet the current and future needs of the department and the community. We operate using a five-year plan that maintains an open-systems training model.

Training facilities

Our training facility includes fire areas.

  1. Four-storey concrete burn building
  2. Underground drafting/confined space pit
  3. Above ground metal tank and Class B pans
  4. Classroom
  5. Storage garage

Recruitment training programs

Recruits participate in an intensive training course that includes the involvement of other internal divisions. Cambridge firefighters regularly participate in training exercises as part of ongoing skills development.

Learn about Cambridge Fire Department job opportunities and the OAFI site.