Fire Science
Practice with real heat, flames and smoke as you prepare to be a first responder. You train alongside local stations with real fires. Learn valuable skills like fire suppression, emergency rescue and how to scale a burning building in our innovative facilities.
Firefighters Train Here
Explore firefighting, master basic EMT skills and learn how best to handle hazardous materials in the field. Practice innovative training tower techniques, including rope rescue, forcible entry and fire evolutions.
Here, you fight live fires and understand the chemistry and medical science of firefighting.
Fire Fighting Scientists
You become a special type of scientist who knows how to run into a burning building. New technologies, chemicals and industrial processes increase the potential for fires. By learning up-to-date firefighting practices, you have newest techniques to control and extinguish fires.
When you become a firefighter, you have the courage and commitment needed to become an irreplaceable asset to your community.
Exclusive Training Tower For You and the Local Pros
The training tower was built by Butler Community College, the El Dorado Fire Department and the City of El Dorado. It is three stories tall with rooftop facilities for high angle rescue. This allows you to train extensively in a realistic environment.
Components of the tower include a burn room, smoke features and simulation for high rise evacuations. This innovative facility allows consistent and year-round training opportunities for both Butler Fire Science students and professional firefighters from the region.
Your Future Career
Our program is designed to get you in the workforce faster than a four-year degree! Your Fire Science associate degree can lead you to future careers like:
- Firefighter
- Fire inspector
- EMT (with certification)
Fire Science Residency Program
One of a kind in Kansas
Live in our hands-on learning environment and work shifts with the El Dorado Fire Department. We are the only school in Kansas to offer this to ten select students (male and female). It’s an experience you won’t find anywhere else locally!
Residency Address
Butler Fire Science Emergency Service Training Center
2610 W. 6th Ave.
El Dorado, KS 67042
Residency Requirements
Students must:
- Be at least 18 years of age and possess and maintain a valid Kansas Driver's License.
- Be enrolled in the Fire Science program and maintain at least 12 credit hours per semester. To complete an associate degree at Butler in two years, you will need to enroll in 15 or 16 credits each semester.
- Maintain a 2.5 GPA per semester.
- Possess IFSAC-approved Firefighter I Certification OR be currently enrolled in Firefighter I (FS 100) within one year of beginning the residency program and successfully pass the KFTRI Firefighter I Exam prior to the next consecutive semester.
Classes You'll Take
These are some examples of courses in our Fire Science program.
- Firefighter 1 & 2
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Fundamentals of Technical Rescue
Fire Science (Associate of Applied Science)
Fire Science Leadership (Certificate)
Fire Science Leadership Certificate A Information
Get started in the firefighting industry in one semester. In accordance with the National Fire Protection Association's standards, you learn the core of fighting fires. Handle hazardous materials, develop a safety action plan and understand important station policies.
Additional Information
Kansas Promise Scholarship Eligible
Qualified students in eligible programs can earn their two-year degree and have their tuition, fees and books paid for.
