National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

R/N0354 21st Century Training for Fire and Emergency 

Medical Service Training Officers 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0335 Administration of Public Assistance for Community 

Recovery 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0247 Advanced Life Support Response to Hazardous 

Materials Incidents 3/4* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0655 Advanced Science of Hazardous Materials/

Weapons of Mass Destruction Response 3 OSH 3308 Interactions of Hazardous Materials 

R0387 Analytical Tools for Decision Making 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0385 Applications of Community Risk Reduction 3 FIR 3307 Community Risk 

F/W0635 Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0636 Building Organizational Support for Community Risk 

Reduction 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0195 Campus Fire and Life Safety: Codes and Systems 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0194 Campus Fire and Life Safety: Public Education 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0193 Campus Fire and Life Safety: Risk Assessment 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0268 Certificate of Occupancy Compliance 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/N815 Challenges for Local Training Officers 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

C0562 Challenges for the Future I: Community, Political 

Landscape and Workforce 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

C0563 Challenges for the Future II: Technology 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

C0564 Challenges for the Future III: Health Care and EMS 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0348 Changing American Family at Risk 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0233 Chemistry for Emergency Response 3 

FIR 2303 Fire Behavior and Combustion or Natural 

Sciences**or Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program 

Electives or Open Electives

R/N0297 Command and Control Decision Making at Multiple 

Alarm Incidents 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R0308 Command and Control of Fire Department 

Operations at Natural Man-Made Disasters 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0314, 

R/N0825

Command and Control of Fire Department 

Operations at Target Hazards 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R0312, 

R/N0831 Command and Control of Incident Operations 3 FIR 4312 Management of Fire Incident Command Systems

F/W0612

Command and Control of Wildland and Urban 

Interface Fire Operations for Structural Chief 

Officers

1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0263 Commercial Fire Sprinkler System Plans Review 3 FIR 3305 Fire Protection Structure and Systems

F/W0215 Commissioning New Occupancies 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0107 Communications for Emergency Services Success 3 Fire Program Electives or Open Electives

F/W0347 Community Risk Issues and Prevention 

Interventions 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R0670 Community Risk Reduction: A Policy Approach 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0394 Cultural Competence in Risk Reduction 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

M0488 Decision Making and Financial Management for Fire 

and EMS Organizations 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

F/W0457 Decision Making for Initial Company Operations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0378 Demonstrating Your Community Risk Reduction 

Program’s Worth 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R0332 Effective Leadership Skills for Fire and EMS 

Organizations 4 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0166 Emergency Medical Services Functions in the 

Indicent Command System 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0158 Emergency Medical Services: Quality Management 2/3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0147, 

R0847 Emergency Medical Services: Incident Operations 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0492 Emergency Resource Deployment Planning: 

Standards of Cover 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0549, 

F/W0549

Emergency Response to Terrorism: Strategic 

Considerations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0506 Executing Planning 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0522 Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership 

through Difficult Conversations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0521 Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to 

Facilitate Adaptive Change 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0520 Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership 

within Communities 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0445 Fire and EMS Training Program Management 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

M0591 Fire and Life Safety Educator Fundamentals 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0390 Fire Inspection Principles I 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0391 Fire Inspection Principles II: Inspection of Structures 

and System 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

R0790 Fire Investigation: Case Preparation and Testimony 3 FIR 4305 Fire Investigation and Analysis

R0811 Fire Investigation: Company Officers 3 FIR 4305 Fire Investigation and Analysis

R0776, R0255 Fire Investigation: Electrical Systems 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0772, R0206 Fire Investigation: Essentials 4 

FIR 4305 Fire Investigation and Analysis or

Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W/M0770, 

F/W/0379, 

S0770

Fire Investigation: First Responder 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0208 Fire Investiation: Interviewing and Testimony 4 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0333 Fire Service Financial Management 3 Graduate credit is possible in master’s degree programs 

that allow for elective credit.

F/W0349 Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

Q0318 Fire Service Supervision: Self Study 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0214 Forensic Evidence Collection 2 (ACE) 

3 (CSU)

Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0615 Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0243, 

R0814 Hazardous Materials Incident Management 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0229 Hazerdous Materials Operating Site Practices 4/5* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0730 Health and Safety Officer 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0722 Health and Safety Program Manager 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

M0566 Hot Topics in Fire and Life Safety 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0376 Incident Command System and Resources 

Management for the Fire Service 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0321 Incident Command System for High-Rise 

Operations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0322 Incident Command System for Structural Collapse 

Incidents 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0729 Incident Safety Officer 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

M0590 Integrating Technology Into Fire and EMS Training 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

M0589 Introduction to Geographic Intelligence for Fire & 

Emergency Services 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W497 Introdcutions to National Fire Incident Reporting 

System (NFIRS) 5.0 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0609 Introduction to Unified Command for All Hazard 

Incidents 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0803 Leadership I for Fire and EMS: Strategies for 

Company Success 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0804 Leadership II for Fire and EMS: Strategies for 

Personal Success 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0805 Leadership III for Fire and EMS: Strategies for 

Supervisory Success 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0645 Leadership in Supervision 3 FIR 4303 Fire and Emergency Services Administration 

F/W0648 Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0647 Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0646 Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments 

for Professional Growth 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

R0200, R0833 Leadership Strategies for Community Risk 

Reduction 3 FIR 3307 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services

R0150 Management of Emergency Medical Services 3 EMS 3301 EMS Management

R0824 Management Strategies for Success 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0671 Managing Effective Fire Prevention Programs 3 FIR 3306 Fire Prevention Organization and Management

M0299 Managing Offiers: Motivation and Productivity 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0491, 

R0834

National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 

Program Management 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

R/N0763 New Executive Chief Officer 3 FIR 4303 Fire and Emergency Services Administration

F/W0760 New Fire Chief I: Challenging Issues 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0761 New Fire Chief II: Administrative Issues 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0762 New Fire Chief III: Contemporary Issues 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0393 Plans Review for Fire and Life Safety 3 FIR 3307 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and 

Emergency Services

F/W0121 Politics and the White Helmet 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0204 Practical Applications of Fire Dynamics and 

Modeling 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0458 Preparation for Initial Company Operations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0116, 

R/N0826 Presenting Effective Public Education Programs 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0142 Residential Sprinkler Plan Review 2 Fire Program Electives or Open Electives

R/N0154, 

R/N0822 Safety Program Operations 3 FIR 2302 Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

Q0118 Self-Study Course for Community Safety Educators 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0673 Service Area Risk Reduction or Station Based 

Reduction 3 FIR 3307 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services

F/W0602 Shaping the Future 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0254 Special Operations Program Management 2 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0396 Strategic and Tactical Considerations for Fire 

Protection Systems 1/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0455 Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0331 Strategic Organizational Issues in Fire and EMS 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0389 Training and Professional Development Challenges 

for Fire and EMS 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0290 Training Operations in Small Departments 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

M0576 Training Program Design 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0384 Transitional Safety Leadership 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0137 Water Based Fire Protection Systems Plan Review 2/3* Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0614 Wildland Urban Interface/Fire Adapted Communities 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0637 Wildland Urban Interface/Fire Adapted 

Communities: Introduction and Leadership 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0638

Wildland Urban Interface/Fire Adapted 

Communities” Strategies for Developing a Fire 

Adapted Community

1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

F/W0610 Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the 

Structural Company Officer 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

F/W0633 Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R/N0629, 

R0836 Youth Firesetting Prevention and Intervention 3 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives orOpen Electives

F/W0634 Youth Firesetter Program Manager 1 Fire/Occupational Safety and Health Program Electives or

Open Electives

R0274 Executive Analysis of Community Risk Reduction 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: 1. FIR 6301 The FireRescue Executive's Role in Community Risk Reduction 2. 

EMG 6302 Risk Management

R/N0306, R306 Executive Analysis of Fire Operations in Emergency 

Mangament 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: 1. FIR 6302 The FireRescue Executive’s Role in Emergency Management 2: 

LDR 5302 Crisis Communication Management 3: EMG 

5303 Interagency Disaster Management

R0123 Executive Development 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: FIR 5302 Advanced Fire 

Administration 2. PUA 5303 Organizational Theory 3. LDR 

6301 Psychological Foundations of Leadership

R0125 Executive Leadership 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: FIR 6303 Executive 

Leadership for Fire-Rescue Officers 2. EMG 6305 

Emergency Management, Leadership and Decision Making

M5101 Executive Leadership Introduction to EFO and 

Research Design 3 

Graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses, subject to the chosen master’s degree 

requirements: 1. RCH 5301 Research Methods 2. RCH 

5302 Foundation for Research 3. PUA 5304 Quantitative 

Research Methods
National Fire Academy 

Academic Partnerships

*Credit Hours Dependent upon dates course was taken. See MOU

** CSU Natural Sciences category credit is contingent on the Natural Sciences requirements for the chosen CSU degree program. Chemistry credit is only possible for the 

requirement for select CSU degree programs for the 3/1/2004-9/30/2016 ACE date range. 

www.colu m b ia sta te .e d u

NFA course 

number NFA course title

Transfer 

credit 

hours

College/university course

R5201 Exercise of Executive Leadership: Self 3 PUA 5303 Organizational Theory

R5202 Exercise of Executive Leadership: Organization 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: 1. FIR 6303 Executive 

Leadership for Fire-Rescue Officers 2. LDR 6301 

Psychological Foundations of Leadership 3. EMG 6305 

Emergency Management, Leadership and Decision Making

R5203 Exercise of Executive Leadership: Community 3 

Subject to the chosen master’s degree requirements, 

graduate transfer credit is possible for 1 of the following 

courses in this order of placement: 1. FIR 6301 The FireRescue Executive’s Role in Community Risk Reduction 2. 

EMG 6302 Risk Management

EFOP-ARP Executive Fire Officer Program Applied Research 

Projects 1 

Graduate Credit is possible in master’s degree programs 

that allow for elective credit. Applied Research must receive 

a minimum score of 3.0 for possible transfer credit