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Fire academies / Waxahachie, TX

Last verified August 29, 2026

Navarro College Fire Academy

Navarro College runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Waxahachie, 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: General-info page and 2026 Quickfacts: estimated Fire Academy tuition $3,900 based on out-of-district rates; in-district (Navarro County) may be lower. Live tuition table (no 22-hour cell; table ends at 21): Navarro County 21 hours $2,086.00; Texas resident outside Navarro County 21 hours $3,283.00; non-Texas 21 hours $4,585.00. Bunker-gear rental approximately $900 through an outside vendor. Fingerprinting $41.45 due to the agency after class. Uniform shirts/jacket about $20 / $14 / $31 at the Waxahachie bookstore. The college does not print a 22-hour table total. $3,900 is an estimate. The live 21-hour out-of-district cell is $3,283. 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
Navarro College Fire AcademyNot datedNot datedNot datedFull-time
  • WINDOW undated. Register with Fire/EMS in Building D on the Waxahachie campus. Contact the office as soon as possible for full registration requirements. Fall day class is August–December; Spring day class is January–May. No apply-by day on 2026 pages.

How much does it cost?

General-info page and 2026 Quickfacts: estimated Fire Academy tuition $3,900 based on out-of-district rates; in-district (Navarro County) may be lower. Live tuition table (no 22-hour cell; table ends at 21): Navarro County 21 hours $2,086.00; Texas resident outside Navarro County 21 hours $3,283.00; non-Texas 21 hours $4,585.00. Bunker-gear rental approximately $900 through an outside vendor. Fingerprinting $41.45 due to the agency after class. Uniform shirts/jacket about $20 / $14 / $31 at the Waxahachie bookstore. The college does not print a 22-hour table total. $3,900 is an estimate. The live 21-hour out-of-district cell is $3,283. They disagree.

$3,900 is an estimate on the academy pages. The live 21-hour out-of-district cell is $3,283. They are not averaged.

Workforce CE fire courses ($150–$350) are department-sponsored already-certified classes, not the Basic Firefighter Academy.

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

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Basic Firefighter Certificate / Fire AcademyNot printed22Full-time, Evening
  • Basic Firefighter Certificate (22 SCH on the 2025-2026 catalog)
  • Meets TCFP curriculum for basic firefighter; successful completion qualifies the student to take the state exam

Do you need EMT to enroll?

Not stated on the sourced pages. The sourced page says: "2025-2026 Basic Firefighter Certificate is seven FIRS courses, 22 hours. No EMSP course on that plan. Dual-credit Emergency Services certificate (separate page) does include EMT."

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • Apply to Navarro College; HS diploma or GED and official transcripts to the Registrar
  • TSI Assessment unless exempt
  • Register for academy classes in the Fire/EMS Department, Building D, Waxahachie
  • Acknowledgment of Academy policies
  • Medical release (Sections A–C, including NFPA bunker-gear block); pickup at Protective Services Office, Waxahachie
  • 10-panel drug screen and criminal background check administered by the college
  • Social Security number required for TCFP certification

Where is it, and who do you contact?

Fire/EMS office and academy registration: Building D, Navarro College-Waxahachie. Quickfacts 2026: 1900 John Arden Drive, Waxahachie, TX 75165. TCFP Navarro College and Navarro College – OL rows print 1900 A JOHN ARDEN DR WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165. Main campus (not the academy) 3200 W. 7th Ave., Corsicana, TX 75110. Two spellings of the Waxahachie street. They disagree.

Phones: (972) 923-6447 · (972) 923-6441 · (903) 875-7667. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.

Email: fireacademy@navarrocollege.edu

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • General-info page: students finish with 24 credit hours. 2025-2026 catalog and 2026 Quickfacts: 22 credit hours (FIRS 1301, 1407, 1313, 1319, 1323, 1329, 1333). They disagree. Catalog VII course is FIRS 1333 (3 hours), not FIRS 1433.
  • Admission page Day Program table is Fall and Spring only. Catalog: Night students take two semesters. No night schedule, days, or times on the 2026 admission page.
  • Book lists disagree. General-info: IFSTA Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations 6th Ed. ($96) plus IFSTA Hazardous Materials for First Responders 5th Ed. ($93). Quickfacts 2026: Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response 5th Ed.
  • Bunker standard disagrees. General-info: NFPA 1851 / 2008 advanced inspection. Quickfacts 2026: NFPA 1850. Gear needed by the second week of class.
  • Hub still links the 2025-2026 catalog on 2026-08-29. Named staff omitted. Use fireacademy@navarrocollege.edu and (972) 923-6447.
  • Fire Science Protection Technology AAS courses after the academy are offered online. The Basic Firefighter Academy itself is not an online program.
  • Live tuition table cells used above are on the college Tuition and Fees page. There is no 22-hour cell.

Where should you go next?

Sources

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