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Accredited Levels

The Utah Fire Service Certification System offers the following levels of certification to the firefighters of Utah. A Certification standard is available for each of the following levels by contacting the certification office or on the Certification web page under certification standards.

Each standard contains information on how to train and prepare for the certification examination process with references for the written exam and the manipulative skills that will be tested.

Certification standards documents are available as PDFs; click the certification title to view the standards.

Level of Certification NFPA Standard/Edition Accreditation
Firefighter I NFPA 1001, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Firefighter II NFPA 1001, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Hazardous Materials - Awareness NFPA 472, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Hazardous Materials - Operations NFPA 472, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Hazardous Materials - Technician NFPA 472, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Apparatus Driver Operator - Pumper NFPA 1002, 2003 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Apparatus Driver Operator - Aerial NFPA 1002, 2003 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Airport Firefighter NFPA 1003, 2005 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Fire Officer I NFPA 1021, 2003 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Fire Officer II NFPA 1021, 2003 ed.  

Fire Instructor I, II, & III* NFPA 1041, 2007ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Fire Inspector I, II, & III* NFPA 1031, 2003 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Fire Investigator NFPA 1033, 2002 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Fire & Life Safety Educator I & II NFPA 1035, 2005 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Public Information Officer NFPA 1035, 2005 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Rescue Technician - Vehicle and Machinery/Confined Space/Rope Rescue NFPA 1006, 2003 ed.   National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Wildland Firefighter I NFPA 1051, 2007 ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
Wildland Firefighter II NFPA 1051, 2007ed. International Fire Service Accreditation CongressIFSAC National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications Pro Board AccreditationNPQS
* Fire Instructor and Fire Inspector are accredited at levels I and II only.
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