Apollo Career Center High School Fire/EMS Technology Program

11/25/2025

10/20/2025

Hands-On Extrication Training in Action! A huge thank-you to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office for donating two police cruisers and one school bus for Apollo Career Center High School Fire/EMS Technology Program students' vehicle extrication training! These vehicles give our seniors an incredible, real-world opportunity to practice vital rescue skills — especially since police cruisers are reinforced in the suspect compartments, adding an extra layer of challenge and realism.
Partnerships like this help our students gain the experience they need to save lives in the field.

07/31/2025

Apollo Adult Education has some awesome training coming this fall!

We still have spots available in the upcoming TECC class at Apollo Career Center on Saturday, September 6th and Sunday, September 7th. Register today for this vital, hands-on training!

The 2nd edition of NAEMT's Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course teaches EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment.

The course presents the three phases of tactical care and integrates parallel EMS nomenclature:

Hot Zone/Direct Threat Care that is rendered while under attack or in adverse conditions.
Warm Zone/Indirect Threat Care that is rendered while the threat has been suppressed but may resurface at any point.
Cold Zone/Evacuation Care that is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated from the incident site.
The 16-hour classroom course includes all new patient simulations and covers the following topics:

Hemorrhage control including immediate action drills for tourniquet application throughout the course;
Complete coverage of the MARCH assessment;
Surgical airway control and needle decompression;
Strategies for treating wounded responders in threatening environments;
Caring for pediatric patients;
Techniques for dragging and carrying victims to safety; and
A final, mass-casualty/active shooter event simulation.
NAEMT's TECC course is endorsed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, is consistent with the current guidelines established by the Committee on TECC (Co-TECC), and meets all of the updated National Tactical Emergency Medical Support Competency Domains. This course is accredited by CAPCE for 16 hours of continuing education credit, and recognized by NREMT.

05/19/2025

A group of cadets had the privilege of presenting the colors at the Lima Memorial Hospital EMS banquet. The students did a great job and had the opportunity to network with firefighting, EMS, law enforcement and healthcare providers from the region.

01/29/2025

The new building will be open for public viewing during ApolloPalooza April 10, 5:30-7 p.m. https://apollocareercenterhs.com/apollopalooza/

The new Public Safety Training Center at Apollo will help train future police, fire, and EMS and along with truck drivers which are in great need across the country.

01/06/2025

Welcome new BTFD firefighter, Tyler Dillon. He is a senior at Elida High School and is currently enrolled in the Apollo Career Center Fire/EMS Technology Program.

09/27/2024

Several cadets were out in the field performing job shadows. This helps them to learn skills and abilities to be

09/09/2024

Congratulations to FET class of 2024 graduates Gavin Butler, Blaici Lee, and Brayden Young. They were sworn in this evening as firefighter/EMTs with Bath Township Fire Department!

05/03/2024

The seniors are finishing up their Firefighter level II certification and have been honing their hose advancement skills.

04/21/2024

The cadets have been very busy lately as we enter the home stretch of this school year. Seniors have been taking their NREMT exam and working on their Firefighter II certification. Juniors have just finished up the Hazardous Materials Operations portion of their Firefighter I certification. Most of the book work was been completed and the majority of the remaining school year will be focused on honing the psychomotor skills.

02/27/2024

The senior cadets are finishing their EMT course. Here they are utilizing our birthing simulator to learn how to deliver a baby in the field. Although field deliveries are rare with modern prenatal care, the simulator allows our students to hone their skills in case they are ever called to such an event.