< Back to Health & Public Services

The purpose of this program is to provide the necessary training required for students to become certified firefighters as well as licensed Emergency Medical Technicians. It is not intended for those who are currently certified/licensed as either firefighters or EMTs. Students wishing to add an additional certification to an existing credential must enroll in either the Firefighter Program or the Emergency Medical Technician program. 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Law, Public Safety and Security and Health Science career clusters; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills.

Registration Steps

1. Click on APPLY NOW. Complete application. 

2. Attend a Health Information Session. Click to view dates, times, and locations.

• Sarasota Campus (941) 924-1365, Ext. 62283 

• North Port Branch (941) 257-2252

*Costs and fees are subject to change.