Fire department, OCCC team up
By Landon Collins, News Writing Student
The Oklahoma City Fire Department will work alongside OCCC to help prepare students who are enrolled in the Emergency Medical Sciences program this fall, Leaugeay Barnes said.
Barnes, emergency medical sciences program director, said she hopes to have a higher success rate on the tests for those students.
“We are very excited to be working in conjunction with the Oklahoma City Fire Department and the community to assist our students,” Barnes said.
OCFD is hoping to meet with students on a regular basis to assist them in preparation to pass the physical and written exams, Barnes said.
She said they will prepare the students by using hands-on training techniques and experience based knowledge.
Thomas Bruner, a transfer freshman at OCCC, said he is eager to see what is in store for this new program. “It is good to know that OCCC is putting out the effort to better train the people that serve our community,” Bruner said.
OCFD is looking to hire 52 more paramedics in the next two years to help strengthen and reinforce the department, Barnes said.
As an incentive, students who are hired with the department will receive a sub-tuition reimbursement after they complete their education, Barnes said.
