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What You Need to Know. You can complete certificate, associate's degree and bachelor's degree training to work as a paramedic through 2- and 4-year public schools in Texas. Certificate programs take less than two years while associate's and bachelor's degrees take 2 and 4 years, respectively.
*As an example of training with a large city's fire academy one can consider the Dallas Fire Academy. The actual rookie school is 6 months long but before being assigned to a station the recruit must also complete EMT and Paramedic school. This can lengthen the training to 15 months.n the city, or regional, fire academy, the fire cadet attends classes for over eight hours a day, five or more days a week. Many departments now require new hires to have already completed all their training and be certified by the state, before applying for employment.