Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 13	TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 431	FIRE INVESTIGATOR
SUBCHAPTER B	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR FIRE INVESTIGATOR CERTIFICATION
RULE §431.207	Minimum Standards for Advanced Fire Investigator Certification

(a) Applicants for Advanced Fire Investigator must complete the following requirements

(1) hold as a prerequisite an Intermediate Fire Investigator Certification as defined in §431.203 of this title (relating to Minimum Standards for Fire Investigator Certification); and

(2) acquire a minimum of eight 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 the either 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 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 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 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 Fire Investigator Certification. Repeating a course or a course of similar content cannot be used towards this level of certification.

Source Note: The provisions of this §431.207 adopted to be effective August 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 7454; amended to be effective August 23, 2017, 42 TexReg 4141