I got my EMT through Lone Star North Harris. we had two teachers for the five week class through HFD. The HFD teacher was great, but the civilian teacher was awful. The class overall was good, but the person in charge of getting students into the class does not reply to emails and is generally difficult to get in touch with. That being said, I would recommend Lone Star over HCC. I got my AEMT through HCC and they dont teach the book very well. they do practice the skills extensively though.