Eastern Washington University creates EMT partnership with Cheney Fire Dept.

CHENEY – Donna Mann, Dean of the College of Health Science and Public Health at Eastern Washington University, has approved funding for a pilot EMT program partnership between the college and the Cheney fire department.

Students can now enroll in a 10-credit class, the first of which will begin on Jan. 9 2023, which Battalion Chief Jeff Anderson and EWU instructor Nate Lawton will teach. The partnership also includes an agreement with with Fire District 3 which entails the use of their training facility.

“In 2019, Jeff Anderson volunteered to become certified as a senior EMS instructor, which...