37 Tex. Admin. Code § 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.
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