(a)Applicants for Intermediate Structure Fire Protection
Personnel certification must complete the following requirements:
(1)hold, as a prerequisite, a Basic Structure Fire
Protection Personnel certification as defined in §423.3 of this
title (relating to Minimum Standards for Basic Structure Fire Protection
Personnel Certification); and
(2)acquire a minimum of four years of fire protection
experience and complete the training listed in one of the following
options:
(A)Option 1--Successfully complete six semester hours
of fire science or fire technology from an approved Fire Protection
Degree Program and submit documentation as required by the commission
that the courses comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this section;
or
(B)Option 2--Completion of coursework from either
the A-List or the B-List courses. Acceptable combinations of courses
are as follows: two A-List courses; or eight B-List courses; or one
A-List course and four B-List courses. (See the exception outlined
in subsection (c) of this section); or
(C)Option 3--Completion of coursework from either
the A-List or the B-List courses in combination with college courses
in fire science or fire protection. Acceptable combinations of courses
are three semester hours meeting the requirements of Option 1, with
either one A-List course or four B-List courses (See the exception
outlined in subsection (c) of this section).
(b)Non-traditional credit awarded at the college level,
such as credit for experience or credit by examination obtained from
attending any school in the commission’s Certification Curriculum
Manual or for experience in fire service, may not be counted toward
this level of certification.
(c)The training required in this section must be in
addition to any training used to qualify for any lower level of Structure
Fire Protection Personnel certification. Repeating a course or a course
of similar content cannot be used towards this level of certification.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal
authority.
Filed with the Office
of the
Secretary of State on October 31, 2017
TRD-201704390 Tim Rutland
Executive Director
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Effective date: November 20, 2017
Proposal publication date: August 18, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3812
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