The Massachusetts Fire Training Council offers fire service certification on a voluntary basis. Your local fire department regulations may require some level of certification. The Council may adopt other standards in the absence of an appropriate NFPA standard. II Other levels will be offered in the future. At the present time there are no training requirements for fire service certification in the Commonwealth.
Certification is independent of training and education.
You may apply for any level of certification for which you have the prerequisites regardless of how much or how little training you have completed. The references for each level of certification are different. You should refer to the most current Certification Examination Schedule for the specific references for the levels of certification in which you have interest. The standards are written to minimum performance levels. For certification, all fire service personnel must meet these minimum levels regardless of age or other limiting factors.