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Fire Investigation Specialist Certificate (FIS)

This Fire Investigation Specialist Certificate includes training in various categories of fire hazards, fuel and oxygen supply hazards, and analysis and identification of heat sources. Techniques and procedures used in fire investigation including cause and origin of fires, fire chemistry, fire behavior, structural fire patterns, detecting arson as cause of fire, and roles and responsibilities associated with an investigator and crime laboratories will be covered. This certificate will also include the study of building construction and its effects under fire conditions, and will address speaking to the public and compiling written reports upon interviewing witness for investigation of fire incidents. This certificate will assist established career, industrial fire protection, paid-on-call, or volunteer firefighters and emergency service personnel in promotional opportunities.

Requirements

First Semester

FIR 120Hazardous Materials

3
FIR 180Fire Investigation I

3
FIR 270Fire Behavior and Combustion

3
CHM 100Fundamentals of Chemistry

4
SPE 101Principles of Public Speaking

3
Total Credit Hours:16

Second Semester

FIR 150Introduction to Fire and Emergency Services

3
FIR 180Fire Investigation I

3
FIR 240Building Construction for Fire Protection

3
SPE 101Principles of Public Speaking

3
Total Credit Hours:12

NOTE:

*Students must complete all FIR courses with a minimum grade of “C.”

(FC) Core Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) courses— FESHE courses, when passed with a 70% or better grade, are recorded on a National Fire Academy (NFA) transcript, and students also receive a certificate from the NFA for each FESHE-certified course they complete. 

(NIMS) Students shall complete the National Incident Management System (NIMS) courses required by the Office of the State Fire Marshal & fire departments.  When passed with a 70% or better grade, students also receive a certificate.

Total Credit Hours: 28