Official websites use .gov

A **.gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A **lock** () or **https://** means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to main content

Visit the U.S. Fire Administration homepage

HotelsLibraryPublicationsBlogImage GalleryPodcastsAboutContact

            - Fire Academy - Courses
- Programs
- Admissions
- On-Campus Students
- About
- 
- Fire Academy Home

            - NFIRS - eNFIRS Applications
- Documentation
- Training
- Coding Help
- Reporting Guidelines
- Vendor Information
- Data Quality
- Access Data
- About NFIRS
- NERIS
- 
- NFIRS Home

            - Prevention - Home Fires
- Arson & Youth Firesetting
- Hotels & Vacation Rentals
- Outdoor Fires/Wildfires
- Vehicle Fires
- Workplace Fires
- Life Safety Hazards
- Fire Is Everyone’s Fight®
- Fire Prevention Officials
- 
- Fire Prevention Home

            - Statistics - Reports
- Death & Injury Risk
- Residential Fires
- Nonresidential Fires
- Outside & Vehicle Fires
- Firefighter Fatalities
- Fire Department Registry
- State Statistics
- Data Sets
- 
- Statistics Home

            - EMS
            - Wildfire - Training
- Cohesive Strategy
- Fire-Adapted Communities
- Outreach Materials
- Healthy Landscapes
- Data
- Research & Technology
- Wildfire & WUI Blog
- 
- Wildfire Home

            - A-Z Index
            - 

- Fire Academy... - Overview
- Courses
- Programs
- Admissions
- Campus Life
- About

- NFIRS... - Overview
- eNFIRS Applications
- Documentation
- Training
- Coding Help
- Reporting Guidelines
- Vendor Information
- Data Quality
- Access Data
- About NFIRS
- NERIS

- Fire Prevention... - Overview
- Home Fires
- Arson & Youth Firesetting
- Hotels & Vacation Rentals
- Outdoor Fires/Wildfires
- Vehicle Fires
- Workplace Fires
- Life Safety Hazards
- Fire Is Everyone’s Fight®
- Fire Prevention Officials

- Statistics... - Overview
- Reports
- Death & Injury Risk
- Residential Fires
- Nonresidential Fires
- Outside & Vehicle Fires
- Firefighter Fatalities
- Fire Department List
- State Statistics
- Data Sets

- EMS
- Wildfire... - Overview
- Training
- Cohesive Strategy
- Fire-Adapted Communities
- Outreach Materials
- Data
- Research & Technology
- Wildfire & WUI Blog

- A-Z Index

            - Hotels
            - Library
            - Publications
            - Blog
            - Image Gallery
            - Podcasts
            - About
            - Contact

- Home
- NFA
- About
- Contract Instructors

# Course Criteria

      - Share on:
      - 
      - 
      - 

National Fire Academy (NFA) instructor selection criteria for on- and off-campus courses.

##### In this section

                - Courses
                - Distinctive Programs
                - Admissions
                - On-Campus Students
                - About                   - Overview
                  - Academic Partnerships
                  - Board of Visitors
                  - Contract Instructors                     - Bid on a Course
                    - Invoice for Payment
                    - Update Your Profile
                    - Course Criteria
                    - Marketing Guidelines
                    - Teach for NFA
                  - FESHE Initiative                     - Degree Programs
                    - Model Course Outlines
                    - Professional Development Matrix
                  - State Training Assistance
                  - Superintendent

Applicants must first meet the general qualification criteria established by the NFA before receiving further consideration against the course criteria, below.

## Select a curriculum

### Fire/Arson and Explosion Investigation

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Fire Investigation: Electrical Systems (0776)
                  -  Fire Investigation: Essentials (0772)
                  -  Fire Investigation: Case Development and Testimony (0790)
                  -  Fire Investigation: Technical Aspects (0778)

#### 2-day NFA-sponsored courses

                  -  Fire Investigation: First Responders (0770)

### Emergency Medical Services

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Incident Operations (0147 Instructor)
                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Incident Operations (0147 Controller)
                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Quality Management (0158)
                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Management of Emergency Medical Services (0150)

#### 2-day NFA-sponsored courses

                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Functions in the Incident Command System (0166)
                  -  Emergency Medical Services: Supervising Emergency Medical Services (0146)

### Fire Prevention: Management

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Developing and Implementing Public Policy (0670)
                  -  Leadership Strategies for Community Risk Reduction (0200)
                  -  Leadership Strategies for Community Risk Reduction VIP (0833)
                  -  Managing Effective Fire Prevention Programs (0671)
                  -  Youth Firesetting Intervention and Prevention (0629)

#### 2-day NFA-Sponsored courses

                  -  Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction (0635)
                  -  Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (0636)
                  -  Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (0633)
                  -  Youth Firesetting Program Manager (0634)

### Fire Prevention: Technical

#### 5- and 6-day courses

                  -  Commercial Fire Sprinkler System Plans Review (0263)
                  -  Fire Inspection Principles 1 (0390)
                  -  Fire Inspection Principles 2: Inspection of Systems and Structures (0391)
                  -  Plan Review of Fire Alarm System Installations (0264)
                  -  Plans Review for Fire and Life Safety (0393)
                  -  Strategic and Tactical Considerations for Fire Protection Systems (0396)

#### 2-day NFA-Sponsored courses

                  -  Campus Fire and Life Safety: Codes and Systems (0195)
                  -  Commissioning New Occupancies (0215)
                  -  Commissioning Occupancy Compliance (0268)
                  -  Residential Sprinkler Plan Review (0142)

### Fire Prevention: Public Education

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Applications of Community Risk Reduction (0385)
                  -  Conducting Local Risk Reduction for Company Officers (0186)
                  -  Demonstrating Your Community Risk Reduction Program's Worth (0378)
                  -  Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adaptive Communities (0614)

#### 2-day NFA-Sponsored courses

                  -  Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction (0635)
                  -  Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (0636)
                  -  Campus Fire and Life Safety: Public Education (0194)
                  -  Campus Fire and Life Safety: Risk Assessment (0193)
                  -  Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities (0639)
                  -  Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities – Introduction and Leadership (0637)
                  -  Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities – Strategies for Developing a Fire Adapted Community (0638)

### Hazardous Materials

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Advanced Life Support Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents (0247)
                  -  Advanced Science for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response (0655)
                  -  Chemistry for Emergency Response (0233)
                  -  Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement (0615)
                  -  Hazardous Materials Incident Management (0243, 0814)
                  -  Hazardous Materials Operating Site Practices (0229)
                  -  Special Operations Program Management (0254)

### Incident Management

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Command and Control Decision-Making at Multi-Alarm Incidents (0297)
                  -  Command and Control Decision-Making at Natural and Man-Made Disasters (0308)
                  -  Command and Control Decision-Making at Target Hazards (0314)
                  -  Command and Control Decision-Making at Target Hazards (0825)
                  -  Command and Control of Incident Operations (0831)
                  -  Command and Control Exercise Controller (0306, 0308)
                  -  Command and Control of Incident Operations (0312)
                  -  Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management (0306)

#### 2-day NFA-Sponsored courses

                  -  Command and Control of Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer (0612)
                  -  Cooperative Leadership Issues in Wildland/Urban Interface Operations (0613)
                  -  Decision-Making for Initial Company Operations (0457)
                  -  Incident Command for High Rise Operations (0321)
                  -  Incident Command System and Resource Management for the Fire Service (0376)
                  -  Incident Command System for Structural Collapse Incidents (0322)
                  -  Introduction to Wildland/Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer (0610)
                  -  Introduction to Unified Command for All-Hazards Incidents (0609)
                  -  Preparation for Initial Company Operations (0458)
                  -  Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations (0455)

#### Online instructor-led (live) courses

                  -  Preparation for Initial Company Operations (S0458)

### Leadership and Executive Development

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Administration of Public Assistance for Community Recovery (0335)
                  -  Leadership in Supervision (0645)
                  -  New Executive Chief Officer (0763)
                  -  Exercise of Executive Leadership: Self (5201)
                  -  Exercise of Executive Leadership: Organization (5202)
                  -  Exercise of Executive Leadership: Community (5203)
                  -  Exercise of Executive Leadership: Capstone II (5204)

#### 2-day NFA-sponsored courses

                  -  Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Ethically (0523)
                  -  Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership through Difficult Conversations (0522)
                  -  Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (0521)
                  -  Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership within Communities (0520)
                  -  Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (0646)
                  -  Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (0647)
                  -  Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success (0648)
                  -  New Fire Chief: Challenging Issues (0760)
                  -  New Fire Chief: Administrative Issues (0761)
                  -  New Fire Chief: Contemporary Issues (0762)
                  -  Shaping the Future (0602)

### Planning and Information Management

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Analytical Tools for Decision-Making (0387)
                  -  Emergency Resource Deployment Planning Standards of Cover (0492)
                  -  Executive Planning (0506)
                  -  Financial Management (0333)
                  -  National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Program Management (0491)

### Responder Health and Safety

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Applications of Leadership in the Culture of Safety (0388)
                  -  Safety Program Operations (0154)

#### 2-day NFA-Sponsored courses

                  -  Department Wellness Program (0144)
                  -  Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects Firefighters from Firefighters? (0349)
                  -  Health and Safety Program Manager (0722)
                  -  Incident Safety Officer (0729)

### Training Programs

#### 6- and 10-day courses

                  -  Fire and Emergency Services Training Program Management (0445)
                  -  Training and Professional Development for Fire and Emergency Services Leaders (0389)

#### Online instructor-led

                  -  Training Program Design (0576)

Page last reviewed: Oct. 4, 2023

Be prepared.Be informed.Be safe.

            - 
            - 
            - 
            - 
            - 

Contact USFA

Information for
                - College/university educators
                - On-campus students
                - Off-campus students
                - Online students
                - NFA instructors
                - Public information officers

                - Public fire educators
                - Researchers
                - State training officials
                - Volunteer fire service
                - Wildland firefighters

About USFA
            - Leadership
            - Events
            - Position statements
            - Strategic plan
            - Job announcements
            - Send us your photos
            - Doing business with us
            - Subscribe to email lists

----

16825 S. Seton Ave.Emmitsburg, MD21727USA

800-238-3358

 Fire Is Everyone’s Fight®

USFA.FEMA.govAn official website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

          - Accessibility
          - Accountability
          - Careers
          - Civil Rights
          - Contact FEMA

          - FOIA
          - Glossary
          - No FEAR Act
          - Plug-Ins
          - Privacy

          - Report Disaster Fraud
          - Website Information
          - DHS.gov
          - USA.gov
          - Inspector General

Current Advisories