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Last verified August 29, 2026

Blinn College Fire Academy

Blinn College runs this open-enrollment fire academy in College Station, TX. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection lists it as a Structure Firefighter provider. No dated cutoff on or after August 29, 2026 is on the sourced calendar. Published tuition: Eight courses, $731.25 per course = Fee: $5,850. Blinn waives general tuition and out-of-district/out-of-state fees for these courses and only charges the listed academy fee of $5,850. Payment for the Fire Academy courses is to Blinn College, not TEEX. Student is also responsible for additional TEEX charges: $75 application fee at seat reservation, training manual, bunker gear, and similar extras. Experiential-learning (already certified) FIRS block prints Total Contact Hours 544 and Total Payment due $544.00. That is PLA, not the recruit academy fee. They disagree..

As of August 29, 2026. Where this academy's own pages disagree, every version is below. Act on the earliest restriction.

When can you apply?

ProgramCutoffStartEndDelivery
Blinn College Fire AcademyNot datedNot datedNot datedFull-time
  • WINDOW undated as of 2026-08-29. Contact the Fire Science Office to reserve a seat, then Blinn registers the eight academy courses. A search snippet quoted REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR FALL 12- AND 8-WEEK; that string is not in the live hub or academy HTML retrieved 2026-08-29.

How much does it cost?

Eight courses, $731.25 per course = Fee: $5,850. Blinn waives general tuition and out-of-district/out-of-state fees for these courses and only charges the listed academy fee of $5,850. Payment for the Fire Academy courses is to Blinn College, not TEEX. Student is also responsible for additional TEEX charges: $75 application fee at seat reservation, training manual, bunker gear, and similar extras. Experiential-learning (already certified) FIRS block prints Total Contact Hours 544 and Total Payment due $544.00. That is PLA, not the recruit academy fee. They disagree.

Application fee: $75 application fee at the time of seat reservation (TEEX, additional to the $5,850 Blinn academy fee).

The $5,850 recruit fee and the $544 PLA line are different SKUs. They are not averaged.

How long is the academy, and what does it award?

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Blinn College / TEEX partnership Fire AcademyNot printedNot printedFull-time, Blended
  • Eight FIRS courses: 1203, 1301, 1407, 1313, 1319, 1323, 1329, 1333
  • PLA contact hours 544 are for already-certified FIRS credit, not a recruit-hour print

Do you need EMT to enroll?

Before the academy. The sourced page says: "Academy: Must be a current Blinn College student and have a current EMT certification/license. Admission: EMT-Basic plus National Registry Exam before attending the recruit academy. They disagree on the proof, not on the timing."

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • Must be a current Blinn College student
  • Current EMT certification/license (academy page). Admission page: complete EMT-Basic and pass the National Registry Exam before the recruit academy
  • Seat reserved only after contacting the Fire Science Office; then the office registers the eight concurrent academy courses

Where is it, and who do you contact?

Hands-on academy trains at TEEX Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station. Fire Science program is based at the RELLIS Campus. TCFP Blinn College row: 902 COLLEGE AVENUE, BRENHAM, TX 77833, FDID 5028. Three addresses. This Blinn enrollment path is not the TEEX Fire Training Academy (RFT001/ORA101) already in this directory.

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • This is not the TEEX Fire Training Academy. Same Brayton Field. Different enrollment: Blinn student with EMT, $5,850 paid to Blinn, plus TEEX extras, versus TEEX's own RFT001/ORA101 catalog.
  • Three addresses. TCFP: 902 College Avenue, Brenham. Program home: RELLIS Campus. Skills: TEEX Brayton Fire Training Field, College Station.
  • Length clocks: traditional 12 weeks in person, or 12 weeks online plus 4 weeks in person (16 weeks blended). They disagree. Ask which track you were seated in.
  • Live fire-academy-courses.html is a catalog widget; SCH total was not printable. 2026-2027 catalog Vol. 87 is marked developing. TCFP facility ID is not printed.
  • Admission criteria: https://www.blinn.edu/fire-science/admission.html. Experiential learning: https://www.blinn.edu/fire-science/experiential-learning-information.html.

Which department pages sit near this academy?

Nearby is not a hiring endorsement. Confirm that department's own requirements.

Where should you go next?

Sources

Last verified August 29, 2026. Aggregators are not sources.