Case Study: Oak Park Fire Department achieves streamlined, cost-effective training and compliance with Lexipol’s FireRescue1 Academy

Oak Park Fire Department Modern Training Tools For Cost-Effective Solutions

The Oak Park Fire Department, serving a population of 52,000 from three stations with 63 members, needed a cost-effective, user-friendly online training platform with a robust content library and the ability to create department-specific courses so personnel could complete mandatory classes for credit. Oak Park selected Lexipol’s FireRescue1 Academy to meet these requirements.

Lexipol’s FireRescue1 Academy provided applied learning, recertification, custom course creation, and monthly automatic reporting, helping the department maintain its ISO 2 rating and manage credentials more easily. The platform’s certificate printing and Firehouse Software integration reduced workload for officers, its EMS library was accepted for continuing education credit, and the department eliminated the need to hire external instructors—streamlining training administration and improving compliance and safety.

Oak Park Fire Department

Thomas Ebsen

Fire Chief