 Hey everyone, I'm Alicia Anderson and welcome to the Fort Report. You know, my granddad always said, you should fight fire with fire. And that's probably why you got fired from the fire department. You should have taken a class at the Citizens Fire Academy, and he would have become more familiar with the day-to-day operations of the fire department. It can be a tough job, like granddad always said, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Which is another reason you got fired from the fire department. Citizens Fire Academy is a volunteer organization based through the fire department. We encourage citizens, they have to be a citizen to Fort Worth, and it'd be at least 18 years old and they've graduated high school. And their job, they have a job, it's to come and assist us at events, help out on smoke alarm drives when we go out to the neighborhoods, and in effect they are our neighborhood advocates for the fire department in their respective neighborhood, in their communities. Citizens Fire Academy class is once a week on Tuesday night from 6.30 to 8.30. As a Citizens Fire Academy member, they do like a monthly field trip. They meet once a month, and sometimes they'll go out to a fire station, just go to visit some of the specialty fire stations, the dive station, the hazardous material station, just to see what they're all about, and sometimes they just take some fun field trips. They participate in the parade of lights every year. They work at Mayfest with us whenever we have events, and their job is to be teachers just like we are, and just educate the public and let them know how to be safer in their homes. The next Citizens Fire Academy starts on September 19th. Call 817-392-6862 to sign up. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings, you always can check the calendar at the city's website.