Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for new EMS Building to be held April 12

Robeson Community College will unveil its new Emergency Medical Services Building on Tuesday, April 12 with a special Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

The event will take place at 10:00 a.m. in front of the EMS Building, which has been designated as Building 19.

The new addition to the RCC campus began with a groundbreaking ceremony in June 2020. Construction on the 7700 square foot building started immediately thereafter. The new building contains 5 classrooms, one of which was designed to serve multiple purposes.

Classrooms 118 A&B and 124 A&B have a partition wall that can be opened to allow for a larger classroom.

“The Emergency Services Building houses the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT, and Paramedic initial classes,” said Kenny Locklear, the Director of EMS Education at Robeson Community College. “We also have CPR and First Aid classes that are taught in the multipurpose room.  We also teach continuing education classes to all of the EMS providers in the county.”

Locklear states that within the Emergency Medical Services program, the number of class offerings has increased tremendously since 2015, making the case for investing in another building, one that was greatly needed.

“With this growth, we had run out space in building 17. We had two classrooms that were assigned to EMS Continuing Education in building 17, whereas, we now have five in building 19,” said Locklear.

All members of the community are invited to join RCC and take part in this special occasion.