Emergency Medical Services

First-time Palm Beach State College Students:

Submit a completed Palm Beach State general credit application at www.palmbeachstate.edu/Admissions, click “apply now” and pay the appropriate fee by the deadline date.

New students will be assessed a $40 nonrefundable fee. International (F-1/M-1) students will be assessed a $75 nonrefundable application fee.

Be sure to insert your current and active email address where requested, and be specific regarding your program of study.

Once submitted, a confirmation page with conditions of admission will be sent to the e-mail address provided in the college application.

Print the confirmation page and follow the instructions within. Applicants must also submit the Online Limited Access EMT program application.

Returning Palm Beach State College Students:

Students who have not enrolled in the last three terms must reapply to the College prior to submitting this Limited Access application.

Those students who are reapplying and wish to declare Florida residency must do so upon submitting their online application.

If you forgot to submit Florida documents in the web application, the Florida Residency Declaration for Tuition Purposes form can be found at www.palmbeachstate.edu/Admissions under “forms” and you may bring the form to any campus admissions office.

Official high school transcripts must be submitted to the Admissions Office proving a standard high school diploma, GED, or validated foreign equivalent (Transcripts are considered official if sent directly to Palm Beach State College from the previous institution or are hand-delivered in a sealed envelope sealed by the issuing institution).

All applicants – new, current, and college transfer students - must have their official high school or GED transcript on file at the college, however, the high school transcript may be waived for admissions purposes if a student has earned an Associate, Bachelor, or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution.

You may download the transcript request form from our website www.palmbeachstate.edu/Admissions/submit-transcripts

Students who received a Florida GED can request their scores online, by visiting www.ged.com.

Note: Transcripts scores must be on file at the College Admissions Office in Lake Worth on or prior to the deadline date.

All applicants must provide documentation of completion of a current American Heart Association BLS provider course. PLEASE NOTE: No other CPR certifications will be deemed acceptable.

Palm Beach State College offers the course for this certification. You may search for the next available class (CPR Course ID# is AHO0123) by visiting: https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/CCE/ems.aspx

For additional questions about this course, or for CPR classes held at Palm Beach State College, you may call the Public Safety Corporate Continuing Education office at 561-868-3775 or visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/CCE (CPR Course ID# is AHO 0123).

Applicants must take the I/O Solutions National Firefighter Selection Inventory (NFSI), within two years of the application deadline date and score at least a 75% grade competency level in order to be considered for selection. The NFSI is offered at most PBSC College Testing Centers. Study guides may be purchased at the Lake Worth College Bookstore.

For additional information on taking the NFSI at a College Testing Center go to: www.palmbeachstate.edu/testing.

For additional information on the NFSI go to: www.publicsafetyrecruitment.com.

Note: ALL applicants are required to take the NFSI – regardless of having an A.A., A.S., A.A.S. or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution OR having already met the minimum cut scores, within the past two years, on the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT), SAT1 or ACT-E exams. The applicant’s scores on the NFSI will serve as the tie-breaker should applicants have an equal number of points for determining acceptance into the program. Applicants who wish to retake the NFSI in an effort to improve their score may do so as long as they have not taken the exam within the past 30 days.

Applicants must register for the CPAT online or at any Palm Beach State College location and successfully complete it to be considered for selection. CPAT scores are valid for one year prior to the application deadline.

A valid CPAT Certificate from other providers is acceptable. Any CPAT, whether from Palm Beach State College or another provider, must be submitted prior to the program deadline. For CPAT tests taken outside of Palm Beach State College: a paper printout of a score report provided by the student cannot be considered official.

It is the responsibility of the student to sign a release form at the institution/location where they took the exam and to request that his/her CPAT scores be sent directly to any PBSC Testing Center via email or fax.

The email address and fax numbers for all PBSC Testing Centers may be found by visiting www.palmbeachstate.edu/Testing/

Email is preferred. When the scores are received, the testing center will enter them in the student’s account, so long as the student has a PBSC student ID.

Applicants are required to take the TABE Full Battery Level (A) test PRIOR to graduation from the Fire Academy.

Once accepted and enrolled, the student will need to pass with a score of 10th-grade level or higher in reading, language, and math to be eligible to graduate.

There is a $25 fee for this exam.

Please pay the cashier and report to the Testing Center (with photo ID) to arrange to take the exam. If you are a first-time applicant, the application fee covers the price of the first test.

Official high school transcripts must be submitted to the Admissions Office proving a standard high school diploma, GED, or validated foreign equivalent (Transcripts are considered official if sent directly to Palm Beach State College from the previous institution or are hand-delivered in a sealed envelope sealed by the issuing institution).

All applicants – new, current, and college transfer students - must have their official high school or GED transcript on file at the college, however, the high school transcript may be waived for admissions purposes if a student has earned an Associate, Bachelor, or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution.

You may download the transcript request form from our website www.palmbeachstate.edu/Admissions/submit-transcripts

Students who received a Florida GED can request their scores online, by visiting www.ged.com.

Note: Transcripts scores must be on file at the College Admissions Office in Lake Worth on or prior to the deadline date.

Official college transcripts must be submitted from ALL attended post-secondary institutions (transcripts are considered official if sent directly to Palm Beach State College Admissions Office from the previous institution(s) or hand-delivered in an envelope sealed by each issuing institution).

You may download the transcript request form from our website at www.palmbeachstate.edu/Admissions/Transcript-request.aspx.

The high school transcript may be waived for admissions purposes if a student has earned an Associate, Bachelor, or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution.

All post-secondary records from out of the country must be submitted with a foreign credentials (course by course) evaluation.

Commercial evaluation of foreign transcripts must be conducted by approved evaluators listed at https://www.naces.org/members.htm

All applicants must provide documentation of completion of a current American Heart Association BLS provider course. PLEASE NOTE: No other CPR certifications will be deemed acceptable.

Palm Beach State College offers the course for this certification. You may search for the next available class (CPR Course ID# is AHO0123) by visiting: https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/CCE/ems.aspx

For additional questions about this course, or for CPR classes held at Palm Beach State College, you may call the Public Safety Corporate Continuing Education office at 561-868-3775 or go on Panther Web at www.palmbeachstate.edu/CCE (CPR Course ID# is AHO 0123).

Applicants must take the I/O Solutions National Firefighter Selection Inventory (NFSI), within two years of the application deadline date and score at least a 75% grade competency level in order to be considered for selection. The NFSI is offered at most PBSC College Testing Centers. Study guides may be purchased at the Lake Worth College Bookstore.

For additional information on taking the NFSI at a College Testing Center go to: www.palmbeachstate.edu/testing.

For additional information on the NFSI go to: www.publicsafetyrecruitment.com.

Note: ALL applicants are required to take the NFSI – regardless of having an A.A., A.S., A.A.S. or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution OR having already met the minimum cut scores, within the past two years, on the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT), SAT1 or ACT-E exams. The applicant’s scores on the NFSI will serve as the tie-breaker should applicants have an equal number of points for determining acceptance into the program. Applicants who wish to retake the NFSI in an effort to improve their score may do so as long as they have not taken the exam within the past 30 days.