Public Education

Ripon Fire District personnel welcome hundreds of people into the fire station every year. Tours catering to all age levels offer insight into the operation, personnel, equipment, practices, and procedures that constitute the department. They also teach fire and life safety lessons such as "stop, drop and roll," "fall and crawl," "don't hide, go outside," and much, much more.

During Fire Prevention Month, fire district personnel provide fire safety lessons at our local schools and crews can be found visiting participating Kindergarten through 3rd grade classes to reinforce fire safety behaviors taught in the classroom.

CPR and First Aid training is provided to the community on a monthly basis. These courses are taught by Ripon Fire Paramedic and EMT staff firefighters, as well as other certified instructors.

Calendar & Events

January 5 - April 7, 2012: Ripon Fire EMT Academy

Course Description:
The Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course is designed to provide training to prepare individuals to function independently in a medical emergency. This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to provide basic life support (BLS) care and is required to progress to more advanced levels of pre-hospital patient care. This course requires a minimum of 120 hours of classroom and clinical/field training. This EMT class will be conducted in an academy structure setting using hands-on experience on functional amubulances, as well as guest lectures from BLS/ALS field, Emergency Room personnel, and Air Ambulance crews. This course has been approved by the San Joaquin county EMS Agency as a certified EMT Course.

Prerequisites:
Students need to be 18 years of age prior to the beginning of class and not a high school student. Students will need to have a current CPR card on date of registration.

Location:
Ripon Fire Station 1, 142 S. Stockton Ave., Ripon, CA

Cost:
$695 ($250 down payment to include all class materials) Class uniforms: $125. Payments accepted up to start date. Application due by December. Refunds up to December 19.

Class size: 35 students

Contact: For information contact Battalion Chief Luis at bluis@riponfire.com; 209.599.4209

Time: 6:00 pm

Download: EMT_CLass_2012_Flyer.pdf

Monthly CPR/First Aid Classes:

2012 CPR Training