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The Training Academy is responsible for providing classroom instruction and practical training to all new firefighters, current firefighters and medics for the El Paso Fire Department. This training includes firefighting tactics and strategy, emergency medical skills, hazardous material response, emergency vehicle driver training, rappelling, rescue, and other types of training. The Academy is a very busy place providing training not only for the Fire Department but also for other departments in the surrounding area, outside agencies, and potential fire department applicants. The Academy is also involved in recruiting new firefighters for the department.
The paramedic program of the El Paso Fire Department is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Profession (CoAEMSP).
The goal of the paramedic program is to prepare Paramedics who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
The El Paso Fire Department Paramedic Program is outcome-based. Our goal is to have the student succeed in acquiring National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification after completing the course. Here are the numbers and percentages of our students who have accomplished this.