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Fire & Emergency Medical Rescue Academy

Fire & Emergency Medical Rescue Academy

PROGRAM QUICK FACTS

    • 675 hours

  • Monday - Friday

    • 8:00am - 5:00pm

  • Scarlet Oaks Career Campus
    Public Safety Services
    200 Scarlet Oaks Drive, Cincinnati OH 45241

  • Direct Cost:  The cost of the program

    Tuition: $7,800
    Books/Tools/Supplies: $2,000
    Total*: $9,800 (Subject to change) Includes uniforms

    Please note: Books, tools and supplies are a requirement of each program and are a mandatory cost of the program.

    Indirect Costs:  These are not costs to attend Great Oaks, but an estimate of living expenses you may have while attending school. They are shown for federal financial aid purposes, and include child care, housing, transportation, etc.

    Dependent Student: $6,834
    Independent Student: $8,452

  • All graduates of this accredited program receive Pro Board certifications

  • Public Safety Services
    513.771.1142

    Molly Maundrell, Career Specialist
    Maundrem@greatoaks.com
    513.612.5790

    Brian Gulat, Fire & EMS Coordinator
    gulatb@greatoaks.com
    513-612-5723

Gain Skills in Firefighting and Emergency Medical Rescue

If you want to help people, can keep calm in intense situations, and are ready for a challenge, join the Firefighting/Emergency Medical Rescue Academy.. You can earn both an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B) certification, a professional firefighter certification, plus train in the same settings and situations as local firefighters.

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The Great Oaks Fire Academy offers 675 hours of EMS, fire, fire pumper, hazardous materials incidents, and technical rescue from our nationally and internationally recognized faculty.

What you will learn: Fireground safety, building construction, confined space rescue, search and rescue, vehicle machinery extrication, basic patient care and treatment; airway management, trauma and medical patient, general pharmacology, soft tissue injuries, horizontal/vertical ventilation, fire suppression class A-D fire, incident management (NIMS), fire pumper operations, salvage and overhaul, rope rescue, forcible entry, fire safety inspection, interpersonal communications, ethics, SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus), hazardous materials operations and technician.

    • High school diploma or HSE (High School Equivalency)
    • Achieve a WorkKeys® assessment level of (4) or higher in Applied Math and Graphic Literacy and a (5) in Workplace Documents.
    • Background check BCI&I and FBI (May take up to 6 weeks for results)
    • Medical physical examination 

  • All students must be 18 years old and have a high school diploma or HSE (High School Equivalency). HSE hotline: 513.612.5806

Great Oaks Career Campuses is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (council-org)

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All students must have a high school diploma or HSE (High School Equivalency) to start the program and be 18 years old by the completion of the program. HSE hotline: 513.612.5806

Public Safety Services
513.771.1142

Molly Maundrell, Career Specialist
maundrem@greatoaks.com or 513.612.5790

Brian Gulat, Fire and Safety Services Coordinator
Gulatb@greatoaks.com or 513.612.5723