Round Rock, Pflugerville fire departments offer in-house training, certification process

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- New recruitment efforts by the Round Rock Fire Department and Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 are widening the applicant pool."In the past, you had to come to the city with a fire certification and at minimum an EMT certification," said Round Rock Fire Chief Shane Glaiser.
The department's new "Green Academy" works around that step. Round Rock hires cadets who haven't gotten certified yet and provides them with classroom and hands-on training to prepar