Texas Fire Academy

 

Welcome to Texas Fire Academy

 

 

Texas Fire Academy provides online and hands on fire service training that is second to none and has received praise by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection for excellent state test averages. Over the years we have trained many students from all over the country. TFA also provides advanced adult on-line educational services tailored to the fire service. By combining state of the art distance learning paradigms with the latest in fire fighting evolutions, TFA provides the ultimate in a fire service educational experience.
 

Fire Fighter Academy

Texas Fire Academy is offering a basic fire fighter academy consisting of on-line course work and hands-on skills days. The on-line course work allows students to meet in a virtual learning environment created by their instructor. In each section of the course, students can expect to interact with instructors via chat rooms, discussion forums, email, and through other interactive media.

During this academy, students can expect to work online 16-20 hours a week at their leisure. On required weekends, cadets will report for the weekend for hands on training. Students will spend time developing their team building skills and performing fire fighter training evolutions. This valuable experience combines the traditional team approach of onsite course work with the advanced online environment. By combining the two methods, TFA produces top quality graduates ready to face the challenges of the fire profession.
 
EMS Academy
Texas Fire Academy offers the Emergency Medical Technician – Basic course in two different formats: night class with lecture, in person skills, and online coursework, and a shorter hybrid class that is only online coursework and in person skills. Students will have the opportunity to experience clinical field training in an Emergency Room and on a working Ambulance. Clinical rotations will be conducted outside of class time in 8-12 hour shifts. All clinical rotations are completed before the final exam.  After completion of the course, students will be eligible to take the National Registry Exam. This course meets the TDSHS curriculum requirements.
 
Advanced Courses
The advanced Fire courses offered by Texas Fire Academy are: Driver Operator Pumper, Fire Instructor I and II, and Fire Officer I and II. These classes are completed in a convenient online environment. The student will only need to come to the academy for the final exam and skills evaluation on the last day in most cases. After completion of any of these classes, the student will be eligible to take the TCFP exam for certification. These courses meet the NFPA and TCFP curriculum requirements.
 

*Cadets will not be allowed to respond to emergency incidents while attending skills days at the South Hays Fire Station.