Tidewater Regional Fire Academy

Tidewater Regional Fire Academy This page serves as a portal for all TRFA graduates, instructors, coordinators, and directors to share stories, photos, videos, reconnect or just reminisce!

On July 1, 1979, the Tidewater Regional Fire Academy began with Class Number 1. Class Number 1 was comprised of personnel from the Cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and the Norfolk International Airport. Class Number 1 was directed and hosted by the Norfolk Fire Department and all classes were held in the newly opened Va. Beach Fire Training Center. Since July 1979 The Tidewater Regio

nal Fire Academy has developed in to a full time, fifteen-week recruit school staffed by state certified training officers representing the ten area departments that combine to form TRFA. TRFA is a regionalized training approach that shares resources and facilities to deliver the most modern and highest quality fire and rescue training in the Country. The Tidewater Regional Fire Academy utilizes a distributive campus concept in conjunction with the sharing of resources and instructors that allow each department to minimize infrastructure cost thereby, minimizing the total training expenditure for new recruit training. Since its inception in 1979 the Tidewater Regional Fire Academy has been strongly supported by all of the participating jurisdictions. A Board of Directors that consists of the member jurisdictions Fire Chief’s and is led by a Chairperson nominated and elected by the Board of Directors governs TRFA. An Advisory Board consisting of the member jurisdictions training officers assists the Board of Directors. The TRFA Advisory Board led by a Chairperson nominated and elected by the members of the Advisory Board serves the Board of Directors as directed; reviews policies, procedures and best practices in the fire and rescue service, makes recommendations to the Board of Directors, and conducts program evaluations. The Tidewater Regional Fire Academy has been utilized as a model for regional training programs across the Nation. The success of this program lies within the commitment made by each department to continue to manage a highly successful regionalized program.

02/10/2024

"Mallard Fillmore" is a candid, sometimes controversial, look at the political musings of artist Bruce Tinsley.

09/28/2022

Good news!!!! NFR will be hosting an Open House October 15, 2022, 9:00 am-1:00 pm!! Anyone interested in taking that step toward an amazing career should plan to attend!! Information sessions about the hiring process and about the job will be held in our Training Center, and you can even complete an application on site! Then head over to check out our new training building and practice some skills if you’d like!

NFR Training Center- 7120 Granby St.

09/28/2022
This is TRFA-15 - 1983.Photo by Ray Chisnell (I know a few of these folks and they are from Hampton FD. I'll fill in the...
04/27/2021

This is TRFA-15 - 1983.
Photo by Ray Chisnell

(I know a few of these folks and they are from Hampton FD. I'll fill in the names when I get them figured out for certain.)

02/22/2021

I thought you'all would be interested in seeing this:

Today is Lt. Renny Boyd's (TRFA-31) last shift after 30 1/2 years with the Hampton Division of Fire & Rescue.Stop by and...
12/30/2018

Today is Lt. Renny Boyd's (TRFA-31) last shift after 30 1/2 years with the Hampton Division of Fire & Rescue.

Stop by and say hello to Renny today at Hampton's Station #10 @ 1630. 204 Marcella Rd., Hampton

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1300 Thomas Street
Hampton, VA
23669

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