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Last verified August 29, 2026

North Central Texas College Fire Academy

North Central Texas College runs this open-enrollment fire academy in Corinth, 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: Fall 2026 live rates per semester hour: Cooke County in-district $112.00; Graham ISD branch $132.00; in-state $212.00; out-of-state $317.00. Lion Book Bundle $24.00 per credit hour. 2025-2026 catalog: Fire textbooks as much as $300 or more; plus uniforms, boots, medical insurance, physical, immunizations, Hep B, CPR, drug testing, facility fees, bunker-gear rental, TCFP exam fee. No academy bundle dollar. Financial-aid COA (30 hours / year, off campus): in-district Tuition & Fees $3,360; out-of-district $6,360; out-of-state $9,510..

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
North Central Texas College Fire AcademyNot datedNot datedNot datedFull-time
  • WINDOW undated. Door is: apply to NCTC, attend an information session, HESI, PAT invitation, then the MyNCTC EMS & Fire Science Application. Catalog: top 25 highest HESI scores accepted. No apply-by day and no class number on 2026 pages. Dual-credit firefighter programs at Denton, Lake Dallas, and Lewisville ISDs are a separate high-school door.

How much does it cost?

Fall 2026 live rates per semester hour: Cooke County in-district $112.00; Graham ISD branch $132.00; in-state $212.00; out-of-state $317.00. Lion Book Bundle $24.00 per credit hour. 2025-2026 catalog: Fire textbooks as much as $300 or more; plus uniforms, boots, medical insurance, physical, immunizations, Hep B, CPR, drug testing, facility fees, bunker-gear rental, TCFP exam fee. No academy bundle dollar. Financial-aid COA (30 hours / year, off campus): in-district Tuition & Fees $3,360; out-of-district $6,360; out-of-state $9,510.

Fee table effective / published: 2026-08-24.

An 18-hour or 28-hour total multiplied from $112/hour is not a college-published academy SKU.

COA $3,360 is a 30-hour academic-year estimate, not the Fire Academy SKU.

In-district for NCTC tuition is Cooke County, not Denton County where Corinth sits.

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

ProgramWeeksHoursDelivery
Fire Science Basic Certificate / Basic Fire AcademyNot printed28Full-time, Evening
  • Fire Science Basic Certificate (28 SCH on the 2025-2026 catalog the hub still links)
  • TCFP-approved Basic Fire Academy; qualifies the graduate as a basic firefighter per the catalog outcomes
  • EMT courses sit on semester 2 of the same certificate, after the 18-hour fire block

Do you need EMT to enroll?

After the academy. The sourced page says: "First Semester (18 Credit Hours) is FIRS courses plus FIRS 2188 internship. Second Semester (10 Credit Hours): EMSP 1160 Clinical, EMSP 1501 Emergency Medical Technician, VNSG 1420 Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health."

What are the enrollment prerequisites?

  • Attend an EMS & Fire Science information session
  • HESI entrance exam; candidates who pass are invited to the Physical Ability Exam; catalog: top 25 HESI scores accepted
  • Apply to the EMS & Fire Science program in MyNCTC after testing
  • Social Security number; high school graduate or GED
  • Age: hub and catalog enrollment criteria say must be 18; catalog also says at least 18 years of age to sit for certification
  • Medical insurance
  • Physically able to carry 120 lbs (catalog qualifications)
  • If accepted: criminal background check, immunizations, drug screen, physical, PAT waivers, AHA Healthcare Provider CPR

Where is it, and who do you contact?

Corinth Campus, 1500 N. Corinth St., Corinth, TX 76208. TCFP North Central Texas College row prints 1500 N CORINTH ST CORINTH, TX 76208. Business Office lists the same street. Gainesville main campus (1525 W. California St.) is not the TCFP training-site address.

Phones: (940) 498-6254 · (940) 498-6237. The academy prints more than one. They are not averaged.

Academy page

What else do the sourced pages say?

  • Hub still links the 2025-2026 archived catalog (catoid=9 poid=1303) on 2026-08-29 even though a 2026-2027 catalog exists. First-semester academy block is 18 hours and does not list FIRS 1407. Named staff omitted.
  • TCFP Upcoming Training List on 2026-08-29 prints North Central Texas College Firefighter II 09/21/2026–11/2/2026 Offline and Hazardous Materials Awareness 11/14/2026–11/16/2026 at 1500 N Corinth. Those are not the Basic Fire Academy day/night certificate.
  • In-district tuition is Cooke County (Gainesville), not Denton County (Corinth). A Corinth-campus candidate who lives in Denton County pays the in-state $212/hour rate unless they also qualify as Cooke County or Graham ISD.
  • Catalog cost block lists bunker-gear rental and TCFP exam fee without dollar amounts. The words are on the page. No dollar figures are printed for those lines.
  • Financial-aid COA $3,360 in-district is a 30-hour year, not an 18-hour or 28-hour academy total.

Where should you go next?

Sources

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