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Last verified August 30, 2026

Little Elm Fire Department Academy

Little Elm Fire Department runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Little Elm, 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: Paid hire path, not civilian tuition. FY 2025-26 FIRE STEP PLAN: Firefighter/EMT and Paramedic Only Step 1 $70,846.45. Firefighter/Paramedic Step 1 $78,759.05. Out of class table Effective 10/1/2025. FY 2024-25 FIRE STEP PLAN: Firefighter/EMT Step 1 $69,118 / Firefighter/Paramedic Step 1 $76,838. Those plans disagree. Not tuition..

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
Firefighter hire - March 1-April 1, no yearNot datedNot datedNot datedFull-time
  • WINDOW UNKNOWN. FIREJOBS still says Apply today and Apply now March 1 - April 1 with no year. Live ApplicantStack openings 2026-08-30: 9 jobs, zero fire. Three apply links redirect to login. Next dated window unpublished. Watch FIREJOBS / ApplicantStack.

How much does it cost?

Paid hire path, not civilian tuition. FY 2025-26 FIRE STEP PLAN: Firefighter/EMT and Paramedic Only Step 1 $70,846.45. Firefighter/Paramedic Step 1 $78,759.05. Out of class table Effective 10/1/2025. FY 2024-25 FIRE STEP PLAN: Firefighter/EMT Step 1 $69,118 / Firefighter/Paramedic Step 1 $76,838. Those plans disagree. Not tuition.

This is a hire academy, not an open-enrollment tuition program. Paramedic Only is the academy-adjacent hire cell for a paramedic without TCFP.

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

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Hire then TCFP fire academy / paramedic school (18 months to pass)Not printedNot printedFull-time
  • Three cert doors at hire: TCFP Firefighter plus Texas State EMT-Basic then 18 months to pass paramedic; Texas State EMT-Paramedic then 18 months to pass TCFP Firefighter; or TCFP Firefighter plus Texas State EMT-Paramedic
  • Can compete while attending a fire academy or EMT-Basic school
  • TCFP Upcoming Training List on 2026-08-30 has no Little Elm Fire Department row. Academy weeks unpublished

Do you need EMT to enroll?

Before the academy. The sourced page says: "Texas State EMT-Paramedic (required to take TCFP Firefighter and have 18 months to pass)"

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • Hire path. Not the Citizen's Fire Academy. ApplicantStack openings 2026-08-30 has 0 fire jobs
  • Age 18. U.S. citizen. High school diploma or GED. Certification in at least one of the three TCFP/EMT/paramedic combinations before hire date
  • FIREJOBS still says Apply today and Apply now March 1 - April 1, exam April 18, PAT April 25, with no year. Those dates disagree with the empty ApplicantStack board

Where is it, and who do you contact?

TCFP Little Elm Fire Department FDID 1347: 88 W. Eldorado Pkwy, Little Elm, TX 75068 (the TCFP row duplicates the street line). OL FDID 12204: 88 W Eldorado Pkwy, Little Elm, TX 75068. Town contact: 100 W. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, TX 75068. Those addresses disagree. This academy is not the Citizen's Fire Academy.

Phones: 214-975-0420 · (214) 975-0436 · 2149750436 · 903-390-2128 · 214-975-0417 · 940-349-7970 · 214-218-9607. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • This is a department hire path. A candidate cannot pay to enroll as a civilian student. FIREJOBS still says Apply today. ApplicantStack openings list 9 jobs and zero fire. Three apply links redirect to login. Those pages disagree.
  • Three cert doors at hire. Paramedic-only hires have 18 months to pass TCFP Firefighter. You can compete while in a fire academy or EMT-Basic school.
  • TCFP region: Little Elm Fire Department FDID 1347 at 88 W. Eldorado Pkwy, Little Elm, TX 75068. OL FDID 12204 at 88 W Eldorado Pkwy. Size list rank 92, 90 appointed. Town contact 100 W. Eldorado Parkway. Those addresses disagree.
  • Pay conflict. FY 2025-26 plan Firefighter/EMT and Paramedic Only Step 1 $70,846.45; Firefighter/Paramedic Step 1 $78,759.05. FY 2024-25 plan Firefighter/EMT $69,118 / Firefighter/Paramedic $76,838. Out of class table Effective 10/1/2025. Those plans disagree.
  • Phone conflict. Hub 214-975-0420 / 940-349-7970 / 214-218-9607. TCFP (214) 975-0436 and 2149750436. Recruitment 903-390-2128. Fire Marshal 214-975-0417. Those numbers disagree.
  • Citizen's Fire Academy is a public-education class. That is not this hire door.
  • TCFP Upcoming Training List checked 2026-08-30 has no Little Elm Fire Department row.
  • FY 2024-25 FIRE STEP PLAN 20502 still hosts Firefighter/EMT $69,118 and Firefighter/Paramedic $76,838. The linked FY 2025-26 plan is 21421.
  • ApplicantStack apply FF/EMT a2kfli8p4nsh on FIREJOBS redirects to login, not a posting.
  • ApplicantStack apply FF/Paramedic a2kfli81w32a on FIREJOBS redirects to login, not a posting.
  • ApplicantStack apply Paramedic a2kfli8ronsi on FIREJOBS redirects to login, not a posting.
  • Size list rank 92, 90 appointed.

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 30, 2026. Aggregators are not sources.