The Montgomery County, Maryland High School Fire Science program is a national award winning one or two year program for high school juniors and seniors to educate and train students to become firefighters and/or emergency medical service (EMS) providers in Montgomery County.

The Fire Fighting Track and the EMS Track are separate one-year programs, allowing students to choose either or both courses of study.

All classes are held from
11:00AM to 1:30PM at the
Montgomery County Fire Rescue Training Academy
9710 Great Seneca Highway
Rockville, MD 20850

Montgomery County Public Schools will provide bus transportation from and back to each student's home school, or students may drive to class in their personal vehicles.

• Must be a high school junior at least 16 years old on the day classes begin. Although both programs are available to juniors and seniors, it is recommended that juniors take firefighting their junior year, and EMS their senior year.
  
  
• Must have a 2.0 gpa for the past year. These are first year college courses, and are not a good choice for the marginal or unmotivated student.
  
  
• Must pass an NFPA 1001 physical examination provided by Montgomery County Fire Rescue Occupational Medical Services (FROMS) prior to the start of the school year. Also note that firefighting skills and lifting and moving patients require good physical fitness and strength.

• Meet graduation requirements by completing "Career Development Program".
  
• Receive up to nine (9) college credits at Montgomery College (Fire Science).
  
• Reimbursement of college tuition costs as established by the Maryland Commission on Higher Education, State Scholarship Administration.
  
• Earn 126 Student Service Learning Hours in one school year.
  
• Earn 0.5 Science Credit per semester in Emergency Medical Services track.
  
• EMS Cadets can earn certification as a Maryland Emergency Medical Technician
  Basic from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS).
  
• Cadet Firefighters earn certification by the Montgomery County Department of Fire
  Rescue Services.
  
• MFRI certifications

Vic Mollet
301-253-7059
Vic_K_Mollet@mcpsmd.org

Lt. Paul Neal
Recruit & Cadet Training Officer
301-279-1274
Paul.Neal@montgomerycountymd.gov