Last admission into the museum is at 3:30 pm. No free admission on Tuesdays

Chester Anderson Training Academy

A firefighter/paramedic's training begins at the Memphis Fire Training Academy as a Firefighter Recruit. At the academy, they will learn real-life skills to become and improve their firefighter abilities, including but not limited to:

  • Human relations
  • Tactical firefighter operations
  • Life Safety
  • Incident Stabilization
  • Property Conservation

The Memphis Fire Department’s Training Academy campus offers state-of-the-art training to over 1600 Memphis firefighters. The training is a college-accredited EMS school where students earn their licenses in EMT, AEMT, and Paramedic.

Chester Anderson Training Academy (CATC)

  • A 150-capacity auditorium
  • Four 50-seat classrooms
  • One 25-seat classroom
  • Gymnasium and fitness center
  • Video production lab and studio
  • Computer lab
  • Driver training track
  • Dive story drill tower
  • Two-story drill building
  • Six-bay apparatus building
  • Special operation office
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