Fire Administration Certificate

The certificate program in fire administration is designed to prepare students for careers as fire service officers. The program meets requirements of the California State Board of Fire Services Company Officer and college or university preparation. Transcript evaluation may allow up to a maximum of 18 units of credit for previous fire service education.

Learning Outcome(s):

Students will demonstrate the ability to manage all-risk emergency incidents at the Fire Officer level.
Students will competently apply leadership and management theories and decision-making models as they relate to the local, state and federal standards and practices.
Students will analyze complex emergency response scenarios and effectively identify strategies and tactics for successful mitigation.

Course Requirements:

Course No.	Course Title	Units
FOT 150A	Company Officer 2A: Human Resource Management for Company Officers	1.5
FOT 150B	Company Officer 2B: General Administration Functions for Company Officers	0.5
FOT 150C	Company Officer 2C: Fire Inspections and Investigations	1.5
FOT 150D	Company Officer 2D: All-Risk Command Operations for Company Officers	1.5
FOT 150E	Company Officer 2E: Wildland Incident Operations for Company Officers	1.5
FOT 205	Instructor I: Instructional Methodology	1.5
In addition, select a minimum of 9 units from the following list (classes in this area may be substituted with similar classes):
FAC 060	Basic Fire Academy	12
FTC 102	Fire Behavior and Combustion	3
FTC 103	Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival	3
FTC 104	Fire Prevention	3
FTC 105	Building Construction for Fire Protection	3
FTC 106	Fire Protection Systems	3
FTC 121	Physical Fitness for Public Safety Personnel	3
FTC 121L	Physical Fitness for Public Safety Personnel - Performance and Assessment	0.3
Select a minimum of 4.8 units from the courses listed below:
FOT 008A	S-339 Division/Group Supervisor All Risk	0.5
FOT 016	CSFA Terrorism	0.3
FOT 020A	Hazardous Materials 1A	1
FOT 020B	Hazardous Materials 1B	1
FOT 020C	Hazardous Materials 1C	1
FOT 020D	Hazardous Materials 1D	1
FOT 021A	Hazardous Materials 1E	1
FOT 021C	Hazardous Materials 1G	1
FOT 032	ICS-300 Intermediate ICS	0.5
FOT 033	ICS-400 Incident Command	0.5
FOT 044	Fire Investigation 1A: Fire Origin and Cause Determination	0.5
FOT 045	Fire Investigation 1B: Techniques of Fire Investigation	0.5
FAC 062	Basic Incident Command Systems	0.3
FOT 078	S-230 Crew Bosss (Single Resource)	0.5
FOT 079	S-404 Safety Officer	0.5
FOT 079B	S-330 Task Force-Strike Leader	0.5
FOT 079D	S-440 Planning Section Chief	0.5
FAC 084A	Hazardous Materials First Responder Operational, Decontamination	0.3
FOT 130A	Fire Inspector 1A: Duties and Administration	1.5
FOT 130B	Fire Inspector 1B: Introduction to Fire and Life Safety	1.5
FOT 130C	Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection	1.5
FOT 130D	Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspector	1
FOT 206	Instructor II: Instructional Development	1.5
FOT 210	Community Risk Educator	1
	Total units:	21.8