Colorado Mountain College celebrates Fire Academy, EMT graduates

This story appeared in the April 29, 2026 edition of the Glenwood Post Independent and The Aspen Times. 

By Jaymin Kanzer, Post Independent

Colorado Mountain College celebrated over 35 students earning certifications on April 24 at the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District Headquarters in Carbondale, as local community members are just steps away from protecting the same community that helped raise them.

The graduation comes after a disappointing winter snowpack and the impending fire danger that accompanies it, underscoring the need for locally trained emergency responders.

For Morgan Huffnus, a longtime CMC professor and first-year instructional coordinator for the EMT and Fire Academy, being able to nurture the “homegrown students,” as she calls them, is an added bonus of teaching a course with real-world implications.

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