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Académie des pompiers: programs, admission and fees

The Académie des pompiers, a private school in Mirabel, lists $23,250 in tuition for its 1,185-hour firefighter DEP. Programs, admission and fees.

October 27, 2026 · By the Agent Pompier editorial team · Lire en français

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The Académie des pompiers, a private firefighter school in Mirabel, lists tuition of $23,250 for its 1,185-hour firefighter DEP, according to its admission page consulted on October 27, 2026. The full path to become a firefighter, from training to hiring, is in our main page. The program itself is detailed in the article firefighter DEP. This text applies to women and men firefighters alike.

What the Académie des pompiers is

The Académie des pompiers is a private institution. Its history page traces it back to 1979. It became private in 1997 and writes that it received the Ministry of Education's approval in 2001 to deliver the DEP (Diploma of Vocational Studies) in Fire Safety Intervention.

Inforoute FPT lists it under « Établissements privés » (private institutions), in the Laurentides region. The list for program 5322 also includes an entry « Académie des pompiers, campus Targe ». The administrative offices are at 9401, Côte des Saints, in Mirabel. The training fire station is at 9577, rue Saint-Vincent.

The information in this text comes from the school's own website. It is the school's own data, not that of a public body.

Programs offered

Program	Length	For whom
DEP in Fire Safety Intervention (5322)	1,185 hours, 10 months	Future firefighters
Municipal training and upgrading of the 25 competencies	Not specified	Fire departments and municipalities

Source: Académie des pompiers, pages « Programme DEP » and « Formations municipales », consulted on October 27, 2026.

The DEP

The DEP has 25 competencies and 79 credits, the school writes. It adds more than 100 hours of workplace internship to the training. Inforoute FPT gives the same length of 1,185 hours and 79 units. It puts the length at about 15 months, while the school announces 10 months. The program is given in French.

Municipal training

The municipal training page names, among others, height rescue, confined space rescue, first responders (RIC 1-2-3), water rescue and hazardous materials. It gives neither a length nor a price.

Fees

The admission page lists these amounts for a Canadian citizen.

Item	Amount
Admission fee, non-refundable	$50
Registration fee, non-refundable	$200
Class uniform, estimated cost, plus taxes, non-refundable	$1,100
Tuition, service fees and accessories (teaching materials)	$23,250
Firefighter equipment, taxes and shipping included	$912

Source: Académie des pompiers, admission page, consulted on October 27, 2026. Our editorial team adds these five items up to $25,512, with taxes extra on the uniform only.

Tuition is paid in two instalments of $11,625: on the first day of school, then five months after the start. The school refers to the Government of Quebec's student financial assistance and gives its institution code and the program code 05322. That assistance depends on each person's file.

The school also houses students. Its student residences page announces 44 places at $450 a month in double occupancy, with a $450 security deposit and a 9-month lease.

Admission requirements

The school asks for four things.

A secondary school diploma, in progress or the equivalent, with a pass in Secondary 4 French, English and mathematics
A valid driver's licence, learner's and probationary licences accepted
Being at least 16 years old at the start of the school year
The pleasure craft operator card, to have in hand at the start of classes

The file also includes the large-format birth certificate, a résumé, a declaration of good health and an optometrist's report from the past year. Everything is uploaded to the admission platform. The school refuses documents sent by mail or email.

Applicants then take tests with an estimated length of 4 hours. They include a physical course, a height comfort test on a ladder at 40 feet and an interview. The school writes that acceptance rests on the overall score of the tests.

The page lists an admission period from January 20, 2026, at 3 p.m. to May 14, 2026, at 8 a.m., with tests spread between May 15 and 31, 2026. On October 27, 2026, it gives no date for the next cohort. Check the page before submitting an application.

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Frequently asked questions

Quel est le prix d'une inscription à l'Académie des pompiers ? (What does registration at the Académie des pompiers cost?)

The admission fee is $50 and the registration fee is $200, both non-refundable. Tuition is added, at $23,250, with the uniform at $1,100 and the equipment at $912. These amounts come from the school's admission page, consulted on October 27, 2026.

Quelle est la durée du DEP pour devenir pompier ? (How long is the DEP to become a firefighter?)

The DEP in Fire Safety Intervention is 1,185 hours. The Académie des pompiers announces 10 months, with more than 100 hours of internship. Inforoute FPT gives an approximate length of 15 months for the program.

Quel est le prix d'une formation de pompier ? (How much does firefighter training cost?)

At the Académie des pompiers, DEP tuition is $23,250 as of October 27, 2026. The total of the five listed items reaches $25,512 by our calculation. The prices of other schools can be checked on their own pages.

Quel est le salaire d'un pompier ? (What is a firefighter's salary?)

The Job Bank puts the median hourly wage of Quebec firefighters at $40.17 for 2023-2024, updated on November 19, 2025. Its low wage is $20.83 and its high wage $50.00. City pay scales are in our page firefighter salary.

Quel est le salaire moyen d'un pompier au Québec ? (What is the average firefighter salary in Quebec?)

The Job Bank does not publish an average, only a median wage of $40.17 an hour for Quebec in 2023-2024. A firefighter's pay depends on the city and the step.

Where is the Académie des pompiers?

The offices are at 9401, Côte des Saints, in Mirabel (J7N 2X4). The training fire station is at 9577, rue Saint-Vincent, in Mirabel (J7N 2V6), telephone 450 258-4460. The student residences are less than a kilometre from the training fire station, the school writes.

What training do you need to become a firefighter?

Section 3 of the Règlement sur les conditions pour exercer au sein d'un service de sécurité incendie municipal, up to date as of July 1, 2026, requires the DEP in Fire Safety Intervention or its recognized equivalent. In a department serving fewer than 25,000 people, the Firefighter I certificate is enough. Between 25,000 and 200,000 people, the Firefighter II certificate is enough. Both certificates come from the École nationale des pompiers du Québec (ENPQ), Quebec's firefighter training school.

This text summarizes public documents. It is neither legal advice nor union advice. It recommends no school and ranks none.