Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 19 - Department of Insurance › Part 101 - Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board › Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations for Minimum Standards Certification (MSCB-1) › Rule 19-101-1.06 - Certification Testing

Current through June 25, 2024
In lieu of MSCB administered testing, the Board shall
				  recognize all accredited NFPA-based Fire Fighter I and II certificates issued
				  by the Mississippi Fire Academy after September 1, 2005 as being equivalent to
				  the MSCB certification requirements. Furthermore, the MSCB shall utilize
				  current NFPA fire service professional qualification standards and the basic
				  fire fighter training curriculum (NFPA 1001 1&2) as used by the Mississippi
				  Fire Academy and approved by MSCB as the official state standard and curriculum
				  for basic fire fighter certification training. Policies regarding delivery of
				  curriculum and certification testing shall be established by the Mississippi
				  State Fire Academy in accordance with criteria set forth by the International
				  Fire Service Accreditation Congress, subject to approval by MSCB.
Departments administering basic fire fighter training to
				  their own employees must contract with the Mississippi State Fire Academy for
				  delivery of curriculum materials and the certification examination process. In
				  general, Mississippi Fire Academy entrance requirements set forth for minimum
				  standards certification (Fire Fighter I and II) shall be established by the
				  MSCB as recommended by the Academy's Executive Director. Such entrance
				  requirements shall not apply to fire personnel who fall outside the scope of
Miss. Code §
										45-11-203
and therefore, are not within the
				  jurisdiction of the MSCB. Academy entrance requirements established for
				  non-minimum standard courses and other programs shall be set by the Executive
				  Director in conjunction with the Academy's Advisory Board.
The minimum standards certification process requires all
				  candidates to successfully complete the Mississippi Trainee Agility Test
				  (MSTAT) prior to entering an approved Fire Fighter I and II training program.
				  In order to meet the entrance requirements for certification training and
				  testing, the MSTAT exam must be administered at the Mississippi State Fire
				  Academy or monitored by qualified Academy personnel at locations approved by
				  the Board to conduct the MSTAT exam. The validity of any MSTAT qualification
				  shall expire three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after successful
				  completion of the exam. Candidates must have officially started an approved
				  certification-training program within the 365-day period. Should any
				  candidate's MSTAT credentials expire before entering an approved
				  certification-training program, the candidate must retake and successfully
				  complete the MSTAT exam. All subsequent MSTAT qualifications shall remain valid
				  for three hundred and sixty-five (365) days from the most recent test
				  date.
Miss. Code §
										45-11-7
provides the
				  Mississippi State Fire Academy with the authority to assess a reasonable fee to
				  account for the cost of providing off-campus certification testing and
				  monitoring services. Such fees shall be directed to and paid by the entity or
				  governing authority requesting the additional testing services.
Miss. Code
				  §§
										45-11-7; 45-11-203; 45-11-253 (Supp.
				  2020)