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Columbia County Fire Rescue partners with Augusta Tech to offer 64-credit training program
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Columbia County Fire Rescue and Augusta Tech launched a five-term, 64-credit-hour program that lets recruits earn college credit while completing EMT and firefighter certification; current class will begin ambulance clinicals and run calls before graduation, officials said.
Columbia County Fire Rescue has partnered with Augusta Tech to offer a five-term, 64-credit-hour program that allows recruits to earn college credit while completing EMT and firefighter training, officials said.
The program is designed exclusively for Columbia County Fire Rescue and combines classroom instruction, ambulance clinicals and firefighter certification to speed recruits into frontline service, program leaders said. The first class is already in progress, the next class is set to begin in November, and the current cohort is scheduled to graduate just before Christmas.
The program curriculum…
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