Fire Academy & EMT

2-Year Program | Available for 11th & 12th Grade

Minimum GPA to qualify: 2.5

Dual Credit earned through NCTC: 24 college credit hours

Home campus prerequisite (required):

• Principles of Law

Courses offered at LaGrone:

Year 1:

• Firefighter I (2 credits) (14 college credit hours)

Year 2:

• Firefighter II (Fall semester) (1.5 credits) (4 college credit hours)

• EMT Basic (Spring semester) (2 credits) (6 college credit hours)

Knowledge and skills learned: 

• Search & rescue

• Fire suppression

• Vehicle extraction & roof ventilation

• Firetruck & equipment use

• Patient assessment, CPR, first aid & life support

• Hazardous situation management

• Hands-on "live fire" exercise

• Establishing rapport with agencies, victims, families, & the public