Welcome to the Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS Training web site. The purpose of this site is to become the main information portal for the many training opportunities that are available to the Greater Pittsburgh firefighting community. We will offer information regarding classes that we are sponsoring as well as give fire departments and agencies the ability to post their own training classes that are open to the general public. We hope that you will bookmark this site and check back often!
About The Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS
The Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS was organized in 2002 to preserve the tradition of the Fire Service and to honor those that have gone before us. It is our hope to make the Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS Chapter the largest FOOLS Chapter in the Country and to be active in both our communities and the Fire Service through community service, continued training and brotherhood.
About FOOLS International
The Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society (FOOLS) is an organization that was started in 1995 by a group of Orlando firefighters. They saw that the brotherhood and traditional values of the fire service were missing in Florida. Since 1995 and seven members (now known as the "Founding FOOLS", this brotherhood has grown to over seven thousand strong. There are chapters all over the world, with new chapters starting almost every day.
The FOOLS are about the brotherhood and tradition that the fire service is based on. When we are in our gear, and trying to make our way down the dark hot hallway, we are all the same. All that matters is that you have my back, and I have yours. We do not care if you are a chief, a recruit, a volunteer or a career firefighter, a male, a female or the color of your skin. All we ask is that you are true to your brother and sister firefighter, and to the fire service.
