National Emergency Training Center (NETC) — FEMA Campus

The National Emergency Training Center is FEMA's residential training campus in Emmitsburg — a 107-acre campus that is home to the Emergency Management Institute, the National Fire Academy and the U.S. Fire Administration, on the grounds of the former Saint Joseph College.

The campus has classrooms, student lodging, a dining facility, a library and recreation facilities, and sits 12 miles south of Gettysburg, 50 miles northwest of Baltimore and 75 miles north of Washington, DC. Thousands of fire, EMS and emergency-management students cycle through Emmitsburg every year to train here.

Admissions: (301) 447-1035 · netcadmissions@fema.dhs.gov (Mon–Fri 8am–4pm ET). NETC Library: (301) 447-1030 — one of the nation's leading all-hazards responder collections; open to the public by appointment, call at least 24 hours ahead.

Visiting the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial on campus? Read the visitor rules on the Memorial listing first — REAL ID and an escort are required.