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Official Twitter account for the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Fire Academy. Where students learn and become certified in the art of firefighting.

Chapel Hill, NC
Joined February 2022
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🔥 CHHS Fire Instructor Travis Adkison was recognized as one of the Top 24 Finalists for the 2025 Career and Technical Education NCCAT (North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching) Teacher of the Year! Way to go! More on Facebook | Instagram [📷 credit Michael Woods]
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#CTE was proud to host our NASA downlink & Stem Fair @CHHS for our elementary, middle, and HS students - GREAT day for all❣️ Thx @moreheadplanet & Presenters. @chccs @NASA_Johnson
An out-of-this-world experience at the NASA event with the Culbreth crew! 🚀🌌 Exploring the mysteries of space and science is mind-blowing. Thanks to @NASA for an unforgettable field trip! 🌠🛰️
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Many of our NC High Schools teach 911 telecommunication certifications. What a great place to start in this field at 18 years old.
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Field trip fun today! @RobBallardAuto visited NCSU Racing Program and @ChccsFire heard from @NCStateWilson Textiles. Thanks to everyone at @NCState for a great learning opportunity! @KBreweur @CTEforNC @chccs
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Proud to showcase our CHHS programs today to our state CTE leadership team. They were good sports when asked to participate with VR fire demo and use the audio engineering equipment ⁦@CTEforNC⁩ ⁦@chccs⁩
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Shout out to Nic Butrico from Durham Fire assisting our fire academy students today with proper techniques to use when working with ladders Thx Nic for sharing your time and expertise! @CTEforNC⁩ ⁦@durhamcityfire⁩ ⁦@chccs⁩ ⁦@ChccsFire⁩
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Last Friday CHCCS MS & HS counselors & CDCs were able to experience the Fire Academy at CHHS!🔥🔥🔥 @MMSCounseling @McDougleMiddle
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A BIG Thank You to our friends at Walker NAPA and Hendrick Motorsports for sponsoring our CTE session today as we “REV UP” for the new school year! ⁦@CTEforNC⁩ ⁦@NAPARacing⁩ @TeamHendrick
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Camp Ignite is underway at the @ChccsFire! This camp teaches young women about the fire service. This week, they'll learn from many women who have incredible experiences to share. We are working with community partners to make it a success! @CarrboroFire @chapelhillgov
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We're hiring certified firefighters!🔥 APPLY NOW: governmentjobs.com/careers/c… ✅$43,678 starting salary if you have all certifications ✅Excellent benefits ✅Grow & develop fire, rescue and EMS skills ✅Leadership opportunities #chfdfirefamily #hiring #jobs #firefighters #NC
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Replying to @chccs
@CHCCS is growing our own hometown heroes and thanks to SORS’ donation of “1262”our students are able to take their skills to an even higher level. Thrilled CBS 17 and WRAL covered our event! @CTEforNC @chccs @SouthOrangeResq @ChccsFire
Excited to attend today’s Ambulance Dedication and hear students share their experiences and the impact of the EMT program. #CTE @chccs @KBreweur
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Everyone at the ambulance dedication today raved about the food provided by our culinary students!! It’s been a GREAT day mainly because we were able to highlight our amazing CTE students/stars to our community @CTEforNC @chccs @CTEWorks @TigersCulnary @CHHSCulinaryNC
Replying to @MsWingateCTE
The skills of the Culinary Arts students were also on display! Refreshments were provided for guests attending the dedication.
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Great Day at CHHS to showcase CTE programs. Love to see our CTE students talking to 8th graders about their program. Everyone welcome come to CHHS b4 12:00 ⁦@chccs⁩ ⁦@CTEforNC⁩
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Students of @ChccsFire spending some time reviewing flow path with a Fire Dynamics Prop from @FPequipment and @FLIR K55/K2 thermal imagers. Don't you wish we all received this kind of training in high school!! #FLIR #flashpointequipment
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🔥🚒 @ChapelHillFD has a strong partnership w/ @chccs. Several of our firefighters came to us with experience at the high school level. Today firefighters Naomi Kelly & Xander Heizer returned to Chapel Hill High to talk w/ @WRAL about benefits of programs like @ChccsFire. 📷🧵
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