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Last verified August 29, 2026

Fort Worth Fire Department Academy

Fort Worth Fire Department runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Fort Worth, TX. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection lists it as a Structure Firefighter provider. No dated cutoff on or after August 29, 2026 is on the sourced calendar. Published tuition: Paid hire path. Recruiting page: Starting Salary $67,000 after graduation, top out pay $95,000. That is after-graduation pay, not trainee pay and not tuition. Trainee salary is not printed on the Firefighter Trainee Information page checked this unit..

As of August 29, 2026. Where this academy's own pages disagree, every version is below. Act on the earliest restriction.

When can you apply?

ProgramCutoffStartEndDelivery
Firefighter TraineeJuly 2, 2025Not datedNot datedFull-time
Lateral Lead Paramedic TraineeNot datedJuly 15, 2026Not datedFull-time
  • WINDOW CLOSED for the July 2, 2025 fire-trainee exam. Eligibility lists are posted. Recruiting page: Next Recruitment is the job interest card (GovDelivery), not a live application. EMT and Fire Interest Forms are labeled NOT an application.
  • Eligibility page: Lateral Lead Paramedic Trainee Testing Date July 15, 2026 with lists posted. As of 2026-08-29 that date is past. Separate from Firefighter Trainee.

How much does it cost?

Paid hire path. Recruiting page: Starting Salary $67,000 after graduation, top out pay $95,000. That is after-graduation pay, not trainee pay and not tuition. Trainee salary is not printed on the Firefighter Trainee Information page checked this unit.

This is a hire academy, not an open-enrollment tuition program.

How long is the academy, and what does it award?

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Firefighter Trainee academyNot printedNot printedFull-time
EMT Trainee (separate civil-service list)Not printedNot printedFull-time
  • City pages checked this unit do not name the TCFP cert issued at graduation
  • Class B driver's license required while in training
  • TCFP Upcoming Training List on 2026-08-29 has no Structure Firefighter row for Fort Worth Fire Department

Do you need EMT to enroll?

Not stated on the sourced pages. The sourced page says: "The Firefighter Trainee Information page lists written test, aerobic capacity run, background, polygraph, interview, and medical/physical examination. It does not say whether EMT is required before, during, or after the fire academy. A separate EMT Trainee eligibility list exists."

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • Hire academy; not open enrollment. Interest forms are not applications
  • Age 18-35; cannot have reached 36th birthday by date of entry-level exam
  • High school diploma, G.E.D. Certificate, or 12 semester hours of college
  • Valid and current Class C driver's license (Class B while in training)
  • Must live within 30 minutes of designated report-in station within six months of employment

Where is it, and who do you contact?

Hiring and Recruiting: Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Administration, 505 W Felix Street, Fort Worth, 76115. TCFP Fort Worth Fire Department FDID 820: 505 W. Felix St., FORT WORTH, TX 76115. TCFP Fort Worth Fire Dept – OL FDID 319: 505 W. Felix, FORT WORTH, TX 76115. Those addresses sit on the same street. This academy is not Tarrant County College Fire Academy and not the Fort Worth Citizens Fire Academy.

Phones: 817-392-6870 · HR: 817-392-7750 · (817) 392-6875. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • This is a department hire academy. A candidate cannot pay to enroll. They sit the city's Firefighter Trainee civil-service process, then are hired. Tarrant County College Fire Academy is a separate TCFP college program already in this directory.
  • Fort Worth Citizens Fire Academy is a free monthly class for residents. It is not the recruit academy.
  • Two TCFP region rows share 505 W. Felix: Fort Worth Fire Department FDID 820 and Fort Worth Fire Dept – OL FDID 319. Phone on those rows (817) 392-6875 disagrees with recruiting 817-392-6870 and HR 817-392-7750. Those phones disagree.
  • TCFP Upcoming Training List checked 2026-08-29 has no Structure Firefighter row for Fort Worth Fire Department. Academy length in weeks is not printed on the pages checked this unit.

Which department pages sit near this academy?

Nearby is not a hiring endorsement. Confirm that department's own requirements.

Where should you go next?

Sources

Last verified August 29, 2026. Aggregators are not sources.