{"id":4221,"date":"2024-05-06T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/?page_id=4221"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:20:04","slug":"how-to-become-certified","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/join-gemru\/how-to-become-certified\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become Certified"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"section-navigation\"><div class=\"section-navigation-inner\"><div class=\"section-menu\"><a class=\"section-navigation-back\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"#\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/section-nav\/includes\/section-nav-back.svg\" \/> Back<\/a><ul class=\"\" id=\"section-nav-ul\"><li class=\"current-page\"><a class=\"menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/join-gemru\/\">Join GEMRU<span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"page_item page-item-4221\"><a href=\"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/join-gemru\/how-to-become-certified\/\">How to Become Certified<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><a class=\"section-menu-btn section-navigation-toggler\" href=\"#\" type=\"button\" aria-controls=\"sectionNavigation\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"open-btn\">Menu<\/span><span class=\"close-btn\" style=\"display:none;\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n\n<p>A First Responder (FR) or Emergency First Responder (EMR) is the minimum certification needed to join GEMRU.<\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to become certified with a FR or EMR on UF campus:<\/p>\n<p>A. EMS1055 \u2013 EMR certification<\/p>\n<p>The University of Florida offers an EMR course through the school of construction management. This is a 3 credit course offered during the Fall, Spring, and Summer C semesters. The course code is EMS1055 and you can register on ONE.UF. More information can be found on their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/academics\/certificates\/emergency-medical-responder\/\">https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/academics\/certificates\/emergency-medical-responder\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>B. First Responder Gator (FRG) \u2013 FR certification<\/p>\n<p>You can obtain a FR certification through First Responder Gator (FRG). This course offers a 10 week program every Fall, Spring, and Summer with weekly lectures and labs. The classes are located on UF campus in the evenings. More information can be found on their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/frgator.com\/\">https:\/\/frgator.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A First Responder (FR) or Emergency First Responder (EMR) is the minimum certification needed to join GEMRU. There are two ways to become certified with a FR or EMR on UF campus: A. EMS1055 \u2013 EMR certification The University of Florida offers an EMR course through the school of construction management. This is a 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4041,"featured_media":0,"parent":2528,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5421,"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4221\/revisions\/5421"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/police.ufl.edu\/gemru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}