By JoshPublished: September 14, 2009Posted in: The Journey 
If you’ve been reading this blog at all, you know that I am attending the Los Medanos College Fire Academy in Pittsburg, CA, but that is only one of many great school in the state of California which offer a OSFM Firefighter 1 program.
For those of you who want to get your own journey started, here’s a list of CA State Fire Training facilities & programs :
| Accredited Regional Training Programs |
| Allan Hancock College |
Santa Maria, CA |
| American River College |
Sacramento, CA |
| Antelope Valley College |
Lancaster, CA |
| Bakersfield College |
Bakersfield, CA |
| Butte Community College |
Oroville, CA |
| Chabot Community College |
Hayward, CA |
| Crafton Hills Community College |
Yucaipa, CA |
| El Camino College |
Torrance, CA |
| Glendale Community College |
Pasadena, CA |
| Los Angeles City F.D. |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Los Medanos College |
Pittsburg, CA |
| Modesto Jr. College |
Modesto, CA |
| Mt. Saint Antionio C.C. |
Walnut, CA |
| Oxnard College |
Camarillo, CA |
| Palomar College |
San Marcos, CA |
| Porterville Comm. College |
Porterville, CA |
| Rio Hondo College |
Whittier, CA |
| Riverside Community College |
Riverside, CA |
| San Francisco, City College of |
San Francisco, CA |
| San Joaquin Delta College |
Stockton, CA |
| San Mateo, College of |
San Mateo, CA |
| Santa Anna College |
Santa Anna, CA |
| Santa Rosa Jr. College |
Santa Rosa, CA |
| Sequoias, College of |
Visalia, CA |
| Shasta Community College |
Shasta, CA |
| Sierra College |
Rocklin, CA |
| Siskiyous, College of the |
Weed, CA |
| Solano Community College |
Suisun City, CA |
| South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium |
San Jose, CA |
| Victor Valley College |
Victorvile, CA |
| Yuba College |
Marysville, CA |
| Accredited Local Academies (ALA) |
| Cal Fire Academy |
Lone, CA |
| Fremont Fire Dept. |
Fremont, CA |
| Oakland Fire Dept. |
Oakland, CA |
| San Diego Fire Dept. |
San Diego, CA |
| San Jose Fire Dept. |
San Jose, CA |
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About the Author
Josh Sauberman is the author of the Journey To Firefighter blog and a current Los Medanos Fire Academy cadet. Originally from New York, he earned his B.S. degree at the University of Arizona,Tucson. Josh lives in the San Francisco suburb, Walnut Creek and works as an EMT. Josh worked in sales and recruiting for 10 years before turning his attention toward the career he plans to retire from - Firefighting.