The Rio Hondo Fire Academy is a California State Fire Marshal accredited Firefighter-1 Academy.  We also offer education in EMT and Wildland Firefighting. The Fire Technology Department at Rio Hondo College offers a California State Fire Marshal Accredited Firefighter 1 Academy,
Wildland Fire Academy (with a Type II Hand-crew tied to the Angeles National Forest), and a Los Angeles County approved Emergency Medical Technician Program.

Rio Hondo College also offers the California State Fire Marshal Certification Track courses and provides a Regional "Truck Company Operations" Academy.

The Homeland Security/Regional Fire Training Site provides training to local area Fire Departments and law enforcement personnel, which includes:
-Confined Space Rescue
-Trench Rescue
-Rescue Systems
-Search Dog Training
-Hazardous Materials Response

We have a full service training site and welcome public and private organizations to use this facility to meet their training needs.