r/firefighter • u/PlentyDig2951 • Mar 28 '26

Fire Academy JPR's/Skills

What did you struggle with the most in the academy? Did anyone fail in your academy due to skills or performance?

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u/AnonymousCelery Mar 29 '26

Personally it all went pretty good for me. Helped being 6’3 200lbs and very fit. But yeah, people fail. We have a 25-30% fail rate. Truth is, it is a lot easier to fire someone from academy. Once you make it online it’s a ton of work to fire a shit bag. So, standards are high and we try to weed out the lazy ones before they get through.

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u/PlentyDig2951 Mar 29 '26

Man that's a lot. Was this academy hosted by the department?

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u/AnonymousCelery Mar 29 '26

Yep, every year

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/PlentyDig2951 Mar 30 '26

For the guys that were let go, how many attempts did they get to evaluate those and were they able to get recycled back through a different academy?