Rappahannock Community College (RCC) is committed to providing access to high-quality Emergency Medical Service (EMS) education. The college, which serves a 12-county service region, offers basic Emergen-cy Medical Technician (EMT) training and is the only facility in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula that offers Advanced EMT and Paramedic classes.
Instruction is provided at both the Warsaw (Richmond County) and Glenns (Gloucester County) campuses and the curriculum is offered through a variety of avenues, including online and in-person. Debt-free tuition assistance is available for all RCC EMS classes.
The basic EMT class is offered in-person at the Glenns campus. The program produces competent, entry-level technicians, who serve the community with basic life support care via the Virginia EMS infrastructure. Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to test for National Registry and Commonwealth of Virginia certifications. Employment opportunities are available with ambulance services, fire and rescue services, hospitals, local, state and feder-al government agencies, and humanitarian relief organizations.
