Held in Reno during November and sponsored by the Nevada Fire Chiefs Association and the Fire Service Manufacturers and Vendors Association. The training Division personnel are the department's safety officers at any emergency operations. They are responsible for the safety of crews operating on the incident, they overview the operations and serve as an advisor to the incident commander. They have the authority to stop or modify any unsafe action that is occurring. Any emergency scene is one of the most hazardous environment to operating personnel the safety officer manages the level of risk.
Any emergency operation is a balance of risk verse benefit.
Reno's recruit academy is 12 weeks not including EMT training, where the recruits receive training from department personnel in all the aspects of being a firefighter.