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Fire Academy Involves Multiple State and Regional Partners |
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El Camino College’s Fire Academy is a California State Fire Marshall firefighting training academy that includes instructors from nearly a dozen different professional fire departments in the Los Angeles area. Students can attend the Academy either full or part-time to earn certificates that include Certificate of Completion of a Firefighter 1 Academy; Fire Control 1, II, III, and IV; Auto Extrication; Confined Space Awareness; Haz-Mat First Responder Operational; ICS; Wildland Firefighting in the I-Zone; Blood Born Pathogens; Flashover Training; Flashover Training; and Trench Rescue Awareness. Drill grounds are comprised of a four-story fire rescue training tower, a fire environment building where students combat live fires, and a Swede System/Flashover Training Container. The Academy also has three Class A Diesel Pumpers and a Truck Company. For more information, contact Ken Mays at kmays@elcamino.cc.ca.us or 310-660-6589. |
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