Somerset Cambria Fire Police Assn. Programs are scheduled in late March or early April and the first weekend after Labor.
Students attend from all areas of Pennsylvania and some neighboring states.
Included is a free Friday evening seminar directed to a current topic that affects all students participating. The first FPWA was conducted spring 1988 at UPJ Johnstown. Over 5,000 students have registered for 174 classes. FPWA is sponsored by Somerset County Fire Police Assn. founded in 1983, Cambria County Fire Police Assn., founded 1990, and various community college funding partners. Prior to FPWA in 1988, Dr. John H. Bell, Jr. and Dr. Norman W. Borring achieved experience by coordinating over 40 local and county classes in five years.