Online Skill Schedule for All Courses

August 18, 2026- August 31, 2026
September 11, 2026- September 24, 2026
October 5, 2026 – October 19, 2026  (Final and state skills will be on October 17, 2026 but state testing won’t be until October 19, 2026)  However, a student can find a local testing center in the state of Texas and test at a later date. Call Andrea@903-438-0300 for any additional questions on testing.
November 3, 2026- November 16, 2026
December 3, 2026 – December 16, 2026
January 8, 2027 – January 21, 2027
February 1, 2027 – February 14, 2027
March 10, 2027 – March 23, 2027
April 3, 2027 – April 16, 2027
May 2, 2027 – May 16, 2027  (No class On May 9, 2027 Mother’s Day)
June 1, 2027- June 14, 2027
July TBD
August 6, 2027 – August 19, 2027
September 11, 2027 – September 24, 2027
October 5, 2027 – October 18, 2027
November 4, 2027 – November 17, 2027
November 28, 2027 – December 11, 2027

Fire Departments needing dates anytime in 2026 that are not already listed or marked as full for the Online Basic Fire Academy please contact Andrea @ either andrea@fireintexas.com or 903-438-0300.

Rule of thumb is a minimum of of 12 weeks in the online Fire Academy come to skills the following month if we have availability.  Usually, if a student is working full time and has a family it is going to take longer to do this course.  Yes, some students have completed the online in as little as 10 weeks and come to skills for the last 2 weeks.  This is by far the exception and not the rule.  Why, because life happens.  In the classroom it’s 12 weeks going to school 8 hours a day 5 days a week and studying and doing coursework at night.  When picking a skill session pick one that the student can attend,  plan ahead of time and set aside the 13 days the student will be here.