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

Click here for the 2008-2009 program video.

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.

Download the Application in PDF Format Here.

Each applicant must:

• Be 16 years of age on the day classes begin.
• Have a minimum 2.5 GPA for the previous year.
• Pass a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 physical examination provided
  by Montgomery County Fire Rescue Occupational Medical Service (FROMS) prior
  to the start of the school year.
• Possess good physical fitness and strength for lifting and moving activities related to this
  career field.

• Students meet graduation requirements by completing the career pathway program.
• Students may receive up to eleven (11) college credits at the discretion of Montgomery College.
• College tuition costs are reimbursed by the Maryland Commission on Higher Education, State Scholarship Administration.
• Students have the opportunity to earn and submit Student Service Learning (SSL) hours.
• Students earn 0.5 science credit per semester in the EMS Pathway.
• EMS cadets can earn certification as a Maryland Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) from the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
  (MIEMSS).
• Firefighter cadets earn certification through the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI).

Joe Doody
MCPS Fire Science Liaison
301-253-7054
Joseph_J_Doody@mcpsmd.org

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