Emergency Services
What Firefighters/Paramedics Do
Firefighters/paramedics handle emergency triage, ensure patient stability, and acute medical assessment. These professionals provide emergency medical care to infant, child, and adult trauma and medical patients based on assessment findings. They manage paramedic/EMT continuing education programs. They are trained in HAZMAT response and do exercises on a monthly basis. It is their responsibility to coordinate blood-borne infection and CPR yearly skills training and re-certification for county volunteers and employees.
On the scene of a fire or other emergency, firefighters’ work may be dangerous. On call at fire stations, firefighters sleep, eat, and perform other duties during shifts that often last 24 hours. Most paid firefighters work full time.
Training Programs at UVU
UVU Emergency Services Program
Emergency Services- Firefighter/Emergency Care Emphasis AAS
Total Program Credits: 63
Emergency Services- Fire Officer Emphasis AAS
Total Program Credits: 63
Total Program Credits: 60
Firefighter Recruit Candidate CC
Total Program Credits: 32
Training Programs at DATC
340 Hours
The Firefighter program is accredited by the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy (UFRA) and courses are designed to meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) professional qualifications requirements for certification. This program provides training focused on developing individual competencies such as beginning and advanced firefighting and hazardous materials handling in a team-based learning environment. Students develop skills that are fundamental to firefighting in preparation for entering the fire service. Certification testing is administered upon completion.