OUR MISSION:
We are committed to training, educating, and certifying emergency and community responders to protect the citizens and visitors of New Hampshire.
We strive daily to fulfill this mission with professionalism, integrity, and respect.
As Director, my duty is to oversee the three bureaus that make up the Division - the Bureau of Fire Training, the Bureau of EMS, and the Bureau of Certification and Support, as outlined in state law RSA 21-P:12-a and RSA 21-P:12-b respectively. The Division does not use any money from the state's General Fund, nor does it use citizen tax dollars. Instead, it is funded through a fee charged to insurance companies for motor vehicle records. We also rely on grants being awarded to our Division in order to keep our two facilities in working order.
Our Concord campus, the Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy, includes an administration/classroom building, 80-bed dormitory, 4-bay fire station (drive through), training ground (2 burn buildings, flashover simulator, and other props), and many mobile props that are used throughout the state. It also serves as the Northeast regional training facility for aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel. In August 2014, our Raymond S. Burton Fire & EMS Training Facility opened in Bethlehem to facilitate training in the northern part of NH. The new facility has a burn building with an accompanying water supply cistern, a 50-seat classroom, field office, and an equipment and decontamination bay.
From ensuring accessible, high quality, and cutting edge training to more than 10,000 municipal, volunteer, and on-call fire and EMS responders statewide as well as licensing EMS providers, ambulance services, and instructors, there is a lot going on! All of us here at the Division are excited about the future of Fire and EMS training and certification in NH.
I hope you will find the information on this website helpful. We also encourage you to sign up to be on our FST-EMS list serve in order to receive alerts and information about Fire and EMS training and events throughout the State of New Hampshire. General questions can also be emailed to fstems@dos.nh.gov.
Yours in service,
Director Deborah A. Pendergast
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September 24, 2020
The Fire Standards and Training Commission has schedule public hearings for the NFPA 1001 Firefighter I and II curriculum update. The schedule can be found on the Commission page. |
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CPAT Test is scheduled for November 16, 2020 here at the NH Fire Academy. Please apply via the application packet on the following page:
https://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/fstems/facilities/testing/index.html
Deadline for application: November 6th, 2020 by 4:00pm.
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September 3, 2020
The Fire Standards and Training Commission has approved the written comment period to open through November 3, 2020 for public comment on the proposed changes to the NFPA 1001 Firefighter I & II training programs.
Any public comment can be submitted at: https://nhfa-ems.com/fst-commission-curriculum-public-feedback-form/ All curriculum information of the proposed program can be found at: https://nhfa-ems.com/nfpa-1001-2019-firefighter-i-and-ii-documents/
The FST Commission will be holding public hearings on the update to the new program in the coming weeks. These dates will be announced in the near future. |
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August 12, 2020
Notice of Public Hearing for September 16, 2020 regarding proposed amendments of Saf-C 5906 - Table of Required EMS Equipment |
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May 5, 2020
Joint Informational Bulletin – PFAS/Class B Firefighting Foam  |
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April 9, 2020
Emergency Responders Unprotected Exposure Guidance  |
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March 18, 2020
Emergency Protocol COVID-19 and Notice from Director Pendergast and Bureau Chief Romanello  |
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March 12, 2020
For up-to-date information on the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), please visit this DHHS website: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/2019-ncov.htm or click the link above. |
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September 18, 2015
Important Information regarding EMI, NFA and CDP Classes  |
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