Last verified August 29, 2026
Galveston College Fire Academy
Galveston College runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Galveston, TX. No dated cutoff on or after August 29, 2026 is on the sourced calendar. Published tuition: No fire-academy tuition is printed because the college's live program list and CIP table do not include a firefighter or fire-science credential..
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?
| Program | Cutoff | Start | End | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston College Fire Academy | Not dated | Not dated | Not dated | Full-time |
- WINDOW: no 2026 fire-academy cycle on the college site or TCFP Upcoming. Nearby TCFP recruit academies already in this directory include College of the Mainland Fire Academy and Houston Community College Fire Academy. Galveston Fire Department FDID 870 is a department, not this college.
How much does it cost?
No fire-academy tuition is printed because the college's live program list and CIP table do not include a firefighter or fire-science credential.
How long is the academy, and what does it award?
| Program | Weeks | Hours | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| No live fire academy on the college catalog | Not printed | Not printed | Full-time |
- None for a fire academy. No firefighter credential is on the live catalog
- THECB Fire Science Exemption Listing (Galveston College row): EMS Basic Level One; EMS Intermediate Level One; EMS Paramedic Level Two; AAS Emergency Medical Services
Do you need EMT to enroll?
Not stated on the sourced pages. The sourced page says: "Emergency Medical Services (CIP 51.0904)"
What are the enrollment prerequisites?
- Not printed. There is no live fire-academy application
Where is it, and who do you contact?
Main Campus: 4015 Avenue Q, Galveston, TX 77550. Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center: 7626 Broadway St, Galveston, TX 77554. There is no live fire-academy catalog at either address as of 2026-08-29.
Phones: 409-944-4242 · 409-944-1500. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.
What else do the sourced pages say?
- The URL previously used for a Galveston College fire-science program (gc.edu/programs/fire-science/) is a file-not-found page as of 2026-08-29. That path is not an apply door.
- THECB Fire Science Exemption Listing names Galveston College for EMS credentials only. It does not list a firefighter academy or fire-science AAS for this college. The exemption list is not a live academy catalog.
- This record is not Galveston Fire Department, not College of the Mainland Fire Academy, and not a TAMUG fire-marshal program.
Where should you go next?
Sources
- Galveston College, Academic and Career Programs · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection, Fire Departments by Region · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Galveston College, Campus Maps · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Galveston College, Programs by CIP code · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Fire Science Exemption Listing · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Galveston College, /programs/fire-science/ (file not found) · retrieved August 29, 2026
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection, Upcoming Training List · retrieved August 29, 2026
Last verified August 29, 2026. Aggregators are not sources.