Since the fall, firefighter Tasha Kirch has been learning the skills of what it takes to become a paramedic in a Madison College classroom. But now, Tasha and her fellow Paramedic Academy students are learning in the field, on actual calls with paramedics.
In between ambulance calls, checking cabinets full of medical equipment in the back of an ambulance at Madison Fire Station #4 Kirch said, “Oh, this is the best hands-on classroom a girl could get. Better than diamonds!”
She’s been a Madison Fire Department firefighter since December of 2019, and enrolled in the Madison College Paramedic Academy to learn how to provide an even higher level of care to those in need. As she heads into the home stretch, she’s ready for the new opportunity, but said it does come with some butterflies.