Community Education Activities

Activities

Station Tour

The Tacoma Fire Department allows visits to neighborhood fire stations to interested educational and community groups. All requests for visits must be processed and approved by Fire Headquarters.

Station Tour Request Form

The following guidelines regarding group station tours have been implemented to ensure the safety of the visiting groups and to assist TFD firefighters with better time management in fulfilling their community service duties.

• The group must be in the City of Tacoma.
• Fire station tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
• Fire station tours last 20 – 30 minutes.
• The maximum number of participants is 30 and requires one chaperone for every five children. This must be kept in mind when touring the station. Therefore, appropriate ratios of children to chaperones are required.
• Only one visit per month, per fire station can be scheduled. All dates are subject to availability. If you have more than one group, you will need to submit a separate request for each group and their visits will need to be scheduled on different days. Please recognize that we cannot pull crews out of service for extended periods of time and still maintain appropriate staffing to handle potential emergency responses.
• We will do our best to honor our scheduled appointments. However, the station visit may be canceled at the last minute with no notification due to emergency response or firefighter training requirements. We apologize in advance if this happens to you and will be happy to reschedule at a later date.

Schedule an Engine Visit

Community event organizers can request a fire engine visit. All requests for visits must be processed and approved by Fire Headquarters.

Engine Visit Form

Ride Along

The Tacoma Fire Department allows ride alongs for interested participants. All requests for visits must be processed and approved by Fire Headquarters.

Ride Along Application

• We require a two-week prior notice of all ride alongs.
• If you are currently on our Hiring List, you are not eligible for a ride along with the Tacoma Fire Department.
• If you are not a Tacoma, Fife, or Fircrest Resident you are not eligible for a TFD ride along.

Fire Extinguisher Class

Fire Extinguisher Classes are temporarily paused due to budget constraints.

Fire Extinguisher Class