Class Schedule and Instructors

Class Schedule

El Camino offers the Fire Academy two times a year. Currently, we offer one Full-Time Academy each semester.

Full-Time Class

Full-Time is a sixteen-week class that runs Monday through Friday from 0700 to 1700. There are three to four hours of homework each night and over the weekends. Students find it difficult to hold down a job and attend the Full-Time Academy, because the class workload is so extensive.

PLEASE NOTE for both the Full-Time and Part-Time Academy our students are not allowed to continue with any score below 80% in the classroom, and 100% in the drill yard!

Part-Time Class

Currently Not Available

Semesters

Full-Time starts in July/August, for the Fall Semester and January/February, for the Spring Semester.

Applications

There is a deadline for submitting your application.

Please contact Chief Josh Boies @ (310) 419-4403 / [email protected] or Chief Jeff Baumunk @ (310) 660-3593 x 3256 / [email protected] for information on the last day that applications are accepted for the following semester

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION (PDF)

Completed applications have a current EMT card that reflects your passing of the National Registry. The Physical Ability Test is valid for a year and MUST be valid when the semester begins.

Prerequisites

Fire and Emergency Technology 1 – Fire Protection Organization
Fire and Emergency Technology 3 – Fundamentals of Personal Fire Safety and Survival
Fire and Emergency Technology 5 – Fire Behavior and Combustion
Fire and Emergency Technology 6 – Building Construction for Fire Protection
Emergency Medical Technician License or National Registered Card
Biddle or CPAT physical agility test
Medical physical
Completed Application

  

Instructors

We have one Fire Academy Coordinator, 9 Primary Lead Instructor, and approximately 40 Professional Instructors.

Students operate our fire engines and utilize our fire hydrants located strategically around the drill yard.

Our instructor to student ratio is another reason our Fire Academy is so well received. 

Our instructors are from the Los Angeles area, along with Orange County, San Diego, and San Francisco.

Many of our instructors are training officers in their own departments. 

 

Jef Baumunk
Interim Dean, Kinesiology, Athletics & Public Safety


Chief Jeff Baumunk
Public Safety Director
El Camino College

 

Chief Josh Boies
Fire Academy Coordinator
El Camino College Fire Academy

 

Cost

Tuition: 17 units @ $46 per = $782
Uniform and P/T Gear: $400
Leather Steel Toe Zip Boots: $200
Firefighting Gear: $400

Text Book and Study Guide: $200
Turnouts Rental: $500-$700
Certificate Fee: $1,000
Misc Costs: $300

Total Estimated Cost: @ $4,000. - $5,000.