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Last verified August 29, 2026

Houston Community College Basic Firefighter Academy

Houston Community College (Houston City College) runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Houston, 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: 2026-27 CE Catalog: Basic Firefighter, CE Certificate total cost $2,280.00 for 672 contact hours (eight FIRS CE courses at $285.00 each). Credit C1 is 26 semester hours; live 2026-2027 per-hour rates are in-district $84.50, out-of-district $180.50, out-of-state/international $227. The college does not print a C1 bundle total..

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
Houston Community College Basic Firefighter AcademyNot datedNot datedNot datedFull-time
  • WINDOW UNDATED on live 2026 academy pages. Hub has no apply-by day. CE door is the college continuing-education application; credit door is college admission. Fall 2026 Regular Term 8/17/2026–12/13/2026 is in session; non-payment drop 8/10/26 is past. Summer orientation May 12, 2026 is past. Ceremony dates on the college calendar: Fire Cadet Graduation May 7, Fire Graduation July 2, Fire Protection Graduation August 11, 2026. Those are ceremony dates, not apply-by dates. TCFP Upcoming Training List has no Structure Firefighter row for HCC.

How much does it cost?

2026-27 CE Catalog: Basic Firefighter, CE Certificate total cost $2,280.00 for 672 contact hours (eight FIRS CE courses at $285.00 each). Credit C1 is 26 semester hours; live 2026-2027 per-hour rates are in-district $84.50, out-of-district $180.50, out-of-state/international $227. The college does not print a C1 bundle total.

Fee table effective / published: 2026-2027.

Print the CE $2,280 catalog cell as the published academy SKU. 50 and call that a college-published C1 total.

CE path is a flat continuing-education cost. Credit C1 uses the live per-hour table. They disagree on how the academy is priced.

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

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Basic Firefighter, CE CertificateNot printed672Full-time
Basic Firefighter, C1 (credit Level 1 Certificate)Not printed26Full-time
  • Basic Firefighter, CE Certificate (672 contact hours)
  • Basic Firefighter, C1 (26 semester hours; Fall 12 / Spring 14)
  • TCFP Structure Firefighter listed for Houston Community College and Houston Community College – OL at the same Northeast Campus street

Do you need EMT to enroll?

Not stated on the sourced pages. The sourced page says: "The Basic Firefighter program area prepares students to meet the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) minimum standards for employment as a firefighter in the State of Texas."

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • CE path: college continuing-education application
  • Credit C1: college admission
  • Live academy pages checked 2026-08-29 do not print age, EMT, or PAT gates

Where is it, and who do you contact?

Northeast Campus, 555 Community College Drive, Houston, TX 77013. Public-facing site brands as Houston City College. TCFP and the 2026-27 catalogs still print Houston Community College. Same street. This is not the Houston Fire Department hire academy.

Phones: (713) 718-8370 · (713) 718-5480 · (713) 718-8327. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • Public site title is Houston City College. TCFP listed name and 2026-27 catalogs are Houston Community College. Both names are published. Same Northeast Campus street.
  • TCFP Structure Firefighter is listed on both the Houston Community College and Houston Community College – OL rows at 555 Community College Drive. Upcoming Training List has no Structure Firefighter row for HCC as of 2026-08-29. They disagree.
  • One Fire Science contact block prints tel:713718327 / 713-71-8327 next to the working 713-718-8327. Print the working number and note the broken tel on that block.
  • This is the college open-enrollment academy. It is not Houston Fire Department.
  • Named program staff omitted. Use the published phones.
  • Fall Regular Term dates and the non-payment drop come from the college payment-plan calendar, not from an academy roster. Ceremony dates come from college events.
  • Campus street also printed on HCC Northeast and the August 11 Fire Protection Graduation event page.
  • Fire Graduation July 2, 2026 and Fire Protection Graduation August 11, 2026 are ceremony dates, not application windows. Summer orientation May 12, 2026 is past.
  • Live 2026-2027 tuition page: in-district $84.50, out-of-district $180.50, out-of-state/international $227 per semester hour. College does not print a C1 bundle.
  • August 11, 2026 Fire Protection Graduation event also reprints the Northeast Campus street.
  • Summer orientation event is dated May 12, 2026 and is past.

Where should you go next?

Sources

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