The goal of Kootenai County Fire & Rescue’s training division is to provide effective, realistic, and quality training for all personnel based on fire service standards, information analysis, and emergency response demands.

The training division coordinates training for Firefighter/EMTs with continuous operational training on an annual basis. The training demands of a modern day firefighter/EMT are as diverse as the types of calls the fire district responds to. One moment firefighter/EMTs are fighting a structure fire and the next moment they are assisting an elderly person back into their wheel chair or transporting a patient to the nearest hospital. From the moment a firefighter/EMT is hired until the day they retire, they are immersed in training.

Training is coordinated with Idaho State Professional-Technical Education and the United States Fire Administration Training Programs.