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Emergency & Fire Management Services

Length: 1 or 2 years
Grade Level: 11, 12, Adults
Prerequisites: 1 year Life Science, 1 year English
Credits: 3 per year
Embedded Credit: Science

Are you willing to put your life on the line to serve others?

Have you always wanted to be Firefighter or an EMT?

Does a life of PUBLIC SERVICE appeal to you?

It takes a special personality to choose Emergency Services as a career field. The desire to help, the ability to overcome your own fears, a calm and cool attitude in stressful situations, will all be necessary to be successful if you’re working in firefighting or emergency medical care. Students in this class will be eligible for certification as a Basic EMT and Firefighter Level I, leading to further training in a medical field, or a future as a professional Firefighter. These career fields continue to grow and can provide you with a stable, exciting, and rewarding future!

Units od Study Include:

  • National Registry First Responder
  • Human Body, Emergency Medical procedures, EMT Firefighter Level I, Fire Ground Rehab
  • Wilderness Search & Rescue
  • Ropes Rescue
  • Hazardous Materials Operations
  • Law Enforcement Units

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Year Two:

  • National Registry EMT
  • Firefighter Level 1- remaining units
  • Hazardous Material Operations
  • Leadership
  • Employability Skills
  • Ethics
  • Cooperative Work Experience

Related Careers:

  • Paramedic
  • Police Officer
  • Security Officer
  • Probation & Parole Officer
  • Corrections Officer
  • Emergency Dispatcher
  • Firefighter
  • Emergency Medical Technician or First Responder

Industry Partners:

  • Upper Valley Ambulance
  • Cottage Hospital
  • Grafton Co. Nursing Home
  • Local area Fire Depts.
  • Local area Fast Squads 

Certifications Available:

  • EMT-BasicNational Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
  • First ResponderNational Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Firefighter Level 1Vermont Fire Service Training Council
  • Hazardous MaterialsVermont Fire Service Training Council Awareness
  • Wildlands FirefightingVermont Fire Service Training Council
  • NIMS 700Federal Emergency Management Agency

College Links:

  • New Hampshire Technical College at Laconia and Concord
  • Southern Maine Community College