{"id":253795,"date":"2026-07-28T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253795\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:28:07","slug":"pittsburgh-fire-dept-hosting-fire-ever-citizens-fire-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253795\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Fire Dept hosting fire-ever Citizens Fire Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire is opening the station doors to the public with its first-ever Citizens Fire Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered what it takes to become a firefighter?<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire is giving residents a chance to find out through its first-ever Citizens Fire Academy. <\/p>\n<p>The free, seven-class program runs from September 2 through October 14 and offers hands-on training in firefighting techniques, emergency response and fire safety alongside Pittsburgh firefighters. <\/p>\n<p>Participants must be at least 18 years old, live in Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg or Ingram, and be able to take part in physical activities, including lifting 20 to 30 pounds. <\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, and registration is now open on the department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpa.gov\/Safety\/Fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire is opening the station doors to the public with its first-ever Citizens Fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[108238,8631,73,18685,75,74],"class_list":["post-253795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-citizens-fire-academy","tag-firefighter","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-firefighters","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}