(a) Applicants for Advanced Arson Investigator certification
must complete the following requirements:
(1) hold as a prerequisite an Intermediate Arson Investigator
Certification as defined in §431.5 of this title (relating to
Minimum Standards for Intermediate Arson Investigator Certification);
and
(2) acquire a minimum of eight years of fire protection
experience and complete the requirements 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); or
(D) Option 4--Advanced Arson for Profit or Complex
Arson Investigative Techniques (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives resident or field course, 80 hours); or
(E) Option 5--Hold current Advanced Peace Officer certification
from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement with four additional
law enforcement courses applicable for fire investigations (See 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 the 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 Arson
Investigator Certification. Repeating a course or a course of similar
content cannot be used towards this level of certification.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §431.7 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 10897; amended to be effective July 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 6724; amended to be effective December 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 12007; amended to be effective November 15, 2003, 28 TexReg 9885; amended to be effective August 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 7454; amended to be effective May 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 3035; amended to be effective March 2, 2014, 39 TexReg 1169 |