Kitsap EMT Courses

The Basics

Kitsap County EMS & Trauma Council offers over 220 hours of instruction with a training program delivered through reading assignments, classroom lectures, handouts, workbooks, and practical exercises. This prepares the student to take and pass the National Registry of EMT’s registration exam. Upon completing the National Registry exam, a student once affiliated with a licensed EMS agency can achieve a Washington State certification.

Time:

  • Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by Zoom. 6-9 pm
  • Saturday 9 AM – 4 pm approx. Live skills at Kitsap Readiness Center

Cost: $1700

This covers:

  • Tuition
  • Books
  • Supplies
  • Voucher for NREMT

2025 Course Dates

We currently have this many seats available for our Fall 2025 class.

0

We are accepting applications for our September class.

  • January 6- March 30th

    • The course is now accepting applications.
    • The deadline is December 1st or until full, whichever is first.

  • September 8- December 15th

    • The course is now accepting applications.
    • The deadline is August 1st or until full, which ever is first.

What do you need to get into this course?

(prerequisites)

Part 1 of BLS provider Card

Part one of the AHA CPR Card

Students must attach proof of the first part of the completion of BLS CPR card:

Step 1: https://shopcpr.heart.org/heartcode-bls

Step 2: Purchase the course

Step 3: Complete the course and get the completion certificate

Step 4: Turn in the completion certificate with your EMT course application

Step 5: You will do the practical during your EMT course and receive your BLS provider CPR card from Class.

Proof of Reading Comprehension

How do I prove my reading comprehension?

This is a very difficult course of study. Students must show proof of reading comprehension in one of the following ways:

NEED ONLY ONE OF THESE:

Health Provider Immunizations

  1. Health Provider Immunizations

    Students now must provide proof of the following immunizations. You may turn in your application before sending in all your vaccination records, but it will not be considered complete until all have been received.

    • MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination or titer proof of immunity.
    • TB testing within the last year.
    • Tetanus vaccination within the past 10 years.
    • Hepatitis B vaccination.
    • Varicella vaccination or proof of immunity.

    ** You may turn in your application before you get all your immunizations gathered. However, your application will not be considered complete, and you will not receive a seat until everything is turned in.

    Need help finding your records? Look here: https://myirmobile.com

Proof Of Graduation

Proof of Graduation

You must send in your high school diploma or GED if:

  •  You are showing reading comprehension by the Accuplacer exam,

You DO NOT send in your high school diploma if:

    • You are showing reading comprehension by your college transcript or college diploma.

Send in a copy of your driver’s license.

Students must be 18 and older.

Get this information ready for your application

Course Application

We are now accepting applications for our winter EMT class.

There are 24 seats per class. How many seats are still available?

Course seats will be awarded when all application documents are received.  Students are not accepted into the course until the KCEMS office is awarded a seat number.

Have any questions?  Call Tamarah Hoffman, Training Coordinator, at 360-447-2068. or [email protected]

Location and Times

The Saturday Labs are located at the Bremerton Readiness Center.

This is 5151 Linden Street.

Bremerton

Next to Kitsap 911.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have you ever considered working or volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician, but weren’t sure where to begin?

Here’s is how you make it happen.

  1. Take an EMT Course – You are at the right place.  Kitsap EMS and Trauma Council offer State Certified EMT courses twice a year. Our classes run from January – March, and from September to December.
  2. Take and pass the National Registry Exam.  Our course will prepare you to take the exam.  Our final is two practice National exams.
  3. Become affiliated with a licensed EMS agency or fire district.
 Talk with your local fire department now on how you can volunteer for their district and their residency program.  Ask your local EMS agencies how they can help you achieve your goals. 

You can prove your reading comprehension by a variety of ways:

1.By taking the Accuplacer Exam.

OR

2. You have already taken ENG 101 in college. Send your college transcript.

OR

3. You can have an AA or a BA college degree.

  1. In regards to becoming a firefighter here is an excellent article: https://www.firescience.org/how-to-become-a-firefighter/

    Each fire district is different.

    Some fire districts want you to become an EMT BEFORE you become affiliated with them.

    Some want you they want you to go to fire academy first before EMT courses.

    Contact fire districts’ volunteer departments and speak about your goals. One will be the right fit for you.

  2. Take the fire fighter placement tests, is also a good start. This is a national database, of all your fighter fighter skills,  you can learn more about where to take a test here: https://www.publicsafetytesting.com/information-center/test-requirements-firefighter-physical/

This course is the first step on your EMS Journey. A typical EMT, EMS journey is the following:

EMT Course ( 1 quarter) 

Once an EMT, you may apply for paramedic school. Typically, the prerequisites will require a number of calls and about a year as an EMT. After one year as an EMT, you may become an IV technician if your local protocols support this endorsement.

So your journey could look like this

EMT, IV Tech, Paramedic, or EMT to Paramedic.

Please call the office or your local paramedic school if you have more questions regarding this EMS journey.

Do you accept the GI Bill?

Unfortunately, our program is not set up to accept the GI bill as a form of payment.

is class is equivalent to taking a college-level entry course. If taking this at a local college, they would consider this full time for one quarter at 12 credits.

Students cover 1600 pages in 41 chapters. There are 20-question chapter quizzes with module exams every week.

This is a very difficult course of study!  The student should expect to spend a minimum of 3 to 4 hours of study time each day outside of the classroom.  Students, who have not had higher than average academic success in the past, will find this course very difficult.

You will have one 10-hour field rotation on top of your class responsibilities.

Yes!

You have weekly M,W, F  6- 9 PM lectures by Zoom.

Every Saturday is an in-person live skill station, at the  Kitsap Readiness center in Bremerton.

Additionally, you must attend:

  • One 10-hour field ride-along rotation with an EMS agency.
  • Do 50 vitals on your family, friends, fellow students, etc.
  • You will be taking quizzes on every chapter, and module exams every week. You will have 10 patient care reports to write.
  • All this will help prepare you to pass your national exam.

or

  1. Download the ESE PowerPoint online at EMS Evaluator Information: Washington State Department of Health; https://www.doh.wa.gov/ForPublicHealthandHealthcareProviders/EmergencyMedicalServicesEMSSystems/EMSEducationandTraining/EMSEvaluatorInformation

AND

  1. Take the ESE online cognitive evaluator survey located on the DOH website at https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/opinio/s?s=EMSevaluator

Send your survey results to the KCEMS office when you apply.

We understand plans have been made. If you have a planned Saturday absence prior to submitting your application, please clear it with your instructor. Saturday labs are difficult to make up, and you can not get enough skill time.

Here is the attendance policy.

Students are expected to attend all classes, and class attendance shall be recorded. Students may be dropped from a course after accumulating absences more than 10 percent of the total hours of instruction (lecture and practical). For a 180-credit-hour lecture/practical course, students will be dropped after 18 hours of absence.

Students are responsible for working with their instructor to develop a plan with deadlines, to make up missed coursework. Students may be asked to provide documentation that the class absence is warranted. Reasonable accommodations will be subject to instructor availability.