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Fire and rescue

Programs

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MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute (FRTI)

MU FRTI provides effective, standards-based, quality training and education to fire and emergency service professionals, and helps enable them to make a significant impact on the protection of lives and property of the citizens in our communities.

Resources

MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute Annual Report 2025 (PDF)

Missouri NIMS Incident Command System Training Matrix (PDF)

The MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute, recognized by the State Emergency Management Agency as a training provider for NIMS ICS, created this matrix to show training needed to comply with the NIMS Integration Center 2016 guidance document.

Missouri Statewide Fire Survey, 2005 (PDF)

This document details characteristics of Missouri fire departments based on a statewide survey of Missouri fire services conducted in 2003.

MU FRTI 2017 Fire Service Training Survey Report (PDF)

This document reports on a 2017 statewide survey of the current and unaddressed training needs of Missouri’s fire service.

Meet the experts

Bruce Bjorge, INSTRUCTOR, ADJUNCT
Bruce Bjorge

Instructor, Adjunct - MU FRTI

Conne Burnham
Conne Burnham

Emergency Management Coordinator/State Specialist - Extension Disaster Education Network

Gail Hagans-Reynolds, EDUCATIONAL PGM COOR III
Gail Hagans-Reynolds

FRTI Educational Program Coordinator

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Lance Secor

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Instructor