About the University

Fire University (abbreviated as APoż) is a state service university educating and training fire service officers, officers of other uniformed services and guards, military personnel, and civilians.

Fire University continues the education and training of fire service personnel initiated in 1939 by the Central Firefighting Training Center, and later carried out by the Central Fire Service School, the Fire Officers’ School, the Higher Fire Officers’ School, and the Main School of Fire Service.

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Fire University was established by the Act of 14 April 2023 on amending the names of state service academies supervised by the minister responsible for internal affairs, and on amending the Act on the Police, the Act on the Border Guard, the Act on the State Fire Service, and certain other acts (Journal of Laws 2023, item 1088). It operates on the basis of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws 2022, item 574, as amended), and its statute.

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Fire University is also an organizational unit of the State Fire Service.

As an organizational unit of the State Fire Service, the tasks of the University include participation in rescue operations during fires, natural disasters, or the mitigation of local threats, as well as the execution of other duties defined in the Act on the State Fire Service applicable to its organizational units.

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The mission of Fire University is to generate knowledge and the skills to disseminate and apply it by educating future and current officer personnel of the State Fire Service in response to the dynamic development of fire protection, including rescue operations, and to prepare highly qualified civilian personnel capable of assessing the risks arising from both natural and man-made hazards, as well as protecting life, health, property, the environment, and other values from these threats. It also aims to instil in students a spirit of patriotism, dedication in service and work, and respect for discipline, while conducting research that significantly advances knowledge related to public safety, especially in the fields of safety engineering, fire protection, and civil protection.

Fire University, honouring the best traditions and building upon the achievements of the past, undertakes comprehensive actions in the field of science and education in accordance with the needs of the state and the nation.