Equivalency of Training (EoT)
Dates for upcoming EOT classes
- August 7th, 2023 – August 10th, 2023
- September 25, 2023 – September 28th, 2023
- October 16th, 2023 – October 19th, 2023
- October 30th, 2023 – November 2nd, 2023
EOT Information
- Southwest Florida Public Service Academy
4312 Michigan Ave., Ft. Myers, Florida 33905
(239) 334-3897 Ext. 220
- Coordinator: Dennis Eads
- Cost: Law Enforcement $1036.00/Corrections $687.00
- (Tuition rates are subject to change) Tuition also covers the textbooks required to study for the state test.
- Hours: Law Enforcement 32 hours / Corrections 24 hours.
- If you take the State Law Enforcement Test at the Southwest Florida Public Service Academy there will be a $125.00 fee.
- See the links below for additional information.
The Mission of the Southwest Florida Fire Academy is:
- To offer the highest quality vocational and technical Firefighting & EMS programs.
- To train highly competent recruits.
- To assist our graduates with employment in the fire and emergency medical services.
- To enable certified & employed firefighters and EMTs to upgrade their job skills for career advancement through advanced and specialized training.
- To respond to the educational needs of the citizens, communities, and industries in the Academy’s service area.
- To develop into the highest quality fire & EMS schools in the State of Florida through the implementation of continuous improvements.
The philosophies of the Southwest Florida Fire Academy are:
- To command excellence is to demand excellence.
- Training requires dedication, diligence, and integrity.
- A disciplined learning environment is required in order to better simulate the demeanor necessary to be effective on the job.
- The two types of failure we will never accept are failure to train and failure to learn, for these failures cost lives.
- We teach as if lives depend on us because they do.
