The mission of the Pine Bluff Fire Training Academy is to proactively coordinate and facilitate, safe and relevent, educational experiences for the members of Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services.
Training Director - Russell Carothers, Captain
Asst. Training Officer - Rance Dukes, Lieutenant
About the Training Divison
The Training Division provides training and education for mandated training programs required by local, state, and federal regulations. It also provides and maintains certification for all suppression-related personnel in accordance with OSHA and NFPA standards.
In addition to ensuring that all current fire personnel meet annual mandated training requirements, the Training Division is also responsible for arranging recruit academies, company level training, multi-company level training and special rescue/team training.
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
