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(a)Applicants for Advanced Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel certification must complete the following requirements: (1)hold as a prerequisite an Intermediate Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel Certification as defined in §423.205 of this title (relating to Minimum Standards for Intermediate Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel Certification); (2)acquire a minimum of eight years of fire protection experience and complete the courses 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 (c) and (d) of this section; or (B)Option 2--Complete a minimum of 96 hours of instruction in any National Fire Academy courses; or (C)Option 3--Successfully complete three semester hours of college courses listed in Option 1 and a minimum of 48 hours in any National Fire Academy courses. (D)Option 4--Successfully complete any combination of courses that lead to International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) certification that total 96 recommended hours or more in the commission curricula. Evidence of completion of the appropriate courses shall be a certification from the commission or a valid documentation from another jurisdiction of accreditation from IFSAC. Option 4 may not be combined with any of the above options to obtain this certification. See exception outlined in subsection (d) of this section. (b)College level courses from both the upper and lower division may be used to satisfy the education requirement for Advanced Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel Certification. (c)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 the fire service, may not be counted toward higher levels of certification. (d)The training required in this section must be in addition to any training used to qualify for any lower level of Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel Certification. Repeating a course or course of similar content cannot be used towards higher levels of certification.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 26, 2002
TRD-200207898 Gary L. Warren, Sr.
Executive Director
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Effective date: December 16, 2002
Proposal publication date: August 16, 2002
For further information, please call: (512) 239-4913
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