Fire Academy
The Oak Hill Fire Academy has released a new policy for all future applicants. If you are interested in becoming part of
the fire academy, please click
here
to read the new policy so that you can begin preparing for the process. The
next class will start on January 27, 2012 and is currently full. We are
still accepting applications for the waiting list.
Download the Fire Academy application
HERE.
The Academies offered by Oak Hill Fire Department /
TCESD#3 provide a full TCFP accredited course for
working men and women through offering classes
conveniently on evenings and weekends.
The academy class will be eight months long and will
be held on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 18:00 to
22:00 and on Saturdays from 08:00 to 17:00. The cost
of the course will be $3200.00 (if you have your own
TCFP approved bunker gear) if you do not, there
will be an additional $550.00 for gear rental fee.
This cost includes uniforms, pt clothes, all books,
facility fees, and any other training costs
incurred. There will be a deposit required of
$500.00 at the time of application submittal
which will be applied to the cost of the class.
If you want to obtain your TCFP structural firefighter certification but do
not want to take four months off work to do so, then sign up for the next
academy! Please contact Training Chief Robert Hartigan at 512-288-5576 x 103 or
email rhartigan@oakhillfire.org with any questions.
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Team Building Exercise during Academy #6 |
Students from the 6th class
learning how to extinguish fires |
2008 Fire Academy Cadet Class |