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 Recruits are trained with live fire experiences and hands-on training to ensure they are confident and capable firefighters.
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Convenient

A certificate of completion can be earned in two eight-credit modules during a single academic semester after RCA course prerequisites are completed. Approximately 700 hours of classroom instruction, fireground training, and college-level prerequisite course work are completed through a part-time schedule offered entirely on nights and weekends.

Affordable

Regardless of residential status, students in the Firefighter Recruit Candidate Academy (RCA) pay the same competitive tuition rate. The cost for each module is $2,000, equaling a total program tuition cost of $4,000. Books, equipment, and supplies approximately are an additional $520, for an all-in price of approximately $4,520. Financial aid is available to all who qualify. 

Experienced

The Firefighter Recruit Candidate Academy (RCA) at Utah Valley University graduated its first class in April 1998. Since that time, more than 75 classes have graduated, totaling more than 1,600 recruit candidates. Since the beginning the RCA has incorporated individual skill-based training into live fire company evolutions. State of the art facilities and apparatus make the RCA the best possible preparation for an entry-level position in the Emergency Services  

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"I would recommend this training to anyone interested in becoming a firefighter. I believe the education you get here is above and beyond. They don't prepare you to pass a test, but they prepare you to be a career firefighter.” - Ty C.

 
 

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