As a fire service member, you will enjoy the unparalleled experience of measuring yourself successfully against your peers. Professional qualifications standards have been developed by persons performing your job to accurately measure both knowledge and the ability to perform competently. Your sense of accomplishment will be recognized both by your department as you seek advancement, and by other departments should you seek to transfer within the fire service. Certification is a statement of success, an indisputable mark of performance belonging to the individual member. Contact our office to find out if you are in an accredited state, or how your state can join.
Certification is available to all members of the fire service.
It is the only opportunity to join the greater fire service community of professional men and women who have made the commitment to excellence which will carry us into the next century and beyond. Prior to the initiation of these peerdriven committees, professional standards did not exist for the fire service. Professionalism has long been a goal sought by the fire service but it has only been within the past 20 years that a system has evolved to produce national professional qualifications standards that your agency can use to establish performance measures for your training programs and for the individuals you train. As in any training activity, an independent set of criteria reviewed by outside experts is the only way to assure your customers and your governing bodies that your program meets the national standards. These spell out the performance criteria for an individual trainee.