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 Check out the new article (page 7) in the May Urban Educator!
Students attending Northeast Magnet will have the option to learn about a variety of careers in firefighting beginning next school year. Northeast Magnet has partnered with the Wichita Fire Department and Hutchinson Community College to offer students Fire Science classes.
“We are excited to widen the career options we offer in our Law and Public Service Magnet program,” said Joel Hudson, principal at Northeast.
The Fire Science curriculum is a four-year program that will begin for incoming freshmen in the fall of 2009. The first year, students will learn about different fire science, law, and public service careers. During their sophomore and junior years, students will take Firefighter I and Firefighter II classes. During the senior year, students will take classes to be certified as an Emergency Medical Technician. Upon graduation, students will be eligible to be in the pool of recruits for the Wichita Fire Department.
“One of the requirements for employment with the Wichita Fire Department is to be certified as an EMT. Northeast’s students will already have that certification before they come to us,” Chief Blackwell added.
“A big benefit of this program is having firefighters as mentors for our students,” Hudson said. “The students will be able to work with caring adults who will be guiding them all along the way.”
The classes will be taught by instructors from the Wichita Fire Department and Hutchinson Community College’s Fire Science Department. Some of the curriculum will be the same that is offered to students at Hutchinson Community College.
*** You can watch the promotional video created by the Wichita Fire Department on our YouTube Channel***
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