Department of Public Safety
Fire Academy
Fire fighters work in a variety of settings, including urban and suburban areas, airports, chemical plants, other industrial sites, and rural areas like grasslands and forests. They have also assumed a range of responsibilities, including emergency medical services. In fact, most calls to which fire fighters respond involve medical emergencies, and 65 percent of all fire departments provide emergency medical service.
Excerpted from “Occupational Outlook Handbook” - U.S Department of Labor
The Del Mar College Regional Fire Academy is designed to meet the training needs of the modern firefighter. To meet the growing emergency medical services responsibilities of the modern firefighter, the Academy also includes the Basic– Emergency Medical Technician courses in addition to the fire courses.
The Texas Commission on Fire Protection requires a minimum of 471 hours in a basic firefighter academy. To ensure the success of our cadets as firefighters, the Del Mar College Regional Fire Academy is 724 hours in length.
Since its inception in the Spring of 2001, the Academy has graduated over 200 cadets. Del Mar College Regional Fire Academy cadets have found employment with: Houston Fire Department; San Antonio Fire Department; New Braunfels Fire Department; Cherry Hill North Carolina Fire Department; Portland Fire Department; Aransas Pass Fire Department; Kingsville Fire Department and many other departments throughout South Texas, the state and the United States.
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