The long-awaited First Responders Campus is now open, bringing together all Fresno City College first responder certificate programs in one location. These include the Fire and Police academies, Advanced Officer Training, State Fire Training courses, the Probation Academy, the Juvenile Corrections Academy, and the Emergency Medical Technician program (EMT).  In addition, we offer three Associate Degree programs in the Fire Technology Department.

The 40-acre site is at 3300 East North Avenue (northwest corner of North and Willow). The facility features state-of-the-art training tools including training structures, a scenario village, simulation technology for scenario-based training, a fitness room, a running track, a mat room, clinical skills training suites, and a driving pad. Funding for the $46.1 million project came from Measure E ($45M) and Measure C ($1.1M). The voters approved Measure E in 2016 and Measure C in 2002.

The application process for each program has specific guidelines and requirements. Information can be found on their webpages or by meeting with the First Responders Campus Counselor, Pauletter Richards.

Peter Cacossa, Fire Director

peter.cacossa@fresnocitycollege.edu

Fire Coordinators

Rick Lum rick.lum@fresnocitycollege.edu

Carlos Chavez carlos.chavez@fresnocitycollege.du

Chris King chris.king@fresnocitycollege.edu

Antonio Robinson antonio.robinson@fresnocitycollege.edu

Dennis Katuin dennis.katuin@fresnocitycollege.edu

Support Staff

April Farkas Cloutier april.farkascloutier@fresnocitycollege.edu

Jeff Arends jeff.arends@fresnocitycollege.edu 

Gary Fief, Police Director

gary.fief@fresnocitycollege.edu

Police Coordinators

Tim Hahn tim.hahn@fresnocitycollege.edu

Kevin Pendley kevin.pendley@fresnocitycollege.edu

Debra White debra.white@fresnocitycollege.edu

Mike Elliott michael.elliott@fresnocitycollege.edu

Shawn Erwin shawn.erwin@fresnocitycollege.edu

Support Staff

Lilia Danielyan lilia.danielyan@fresnocitycollege.edu

Suzanne Sankey suzanne.sankey@fresnocitycollege.edu