The Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) is a certification provided by the NFPA Certification Department in the U.S.A.
The board was formed in 1971 and in 1998 partnered with the
National Fire Protection Association
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property damage, and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. , the NFPA claims to have 5 ...
(NFPA) to offer the professional certification. The purpose of the certification is to document and recognise an individual's knowledge of
fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially Conflagration, destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, Compartmentalization (fire protection), compartmentalisation, suppression and inve ...
,
fire prevention
Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments. The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public on the precautions that should be taken to prevent potentially harmful fires from occurring. It is a proactive method of preventing fir ...
, and
fire safety
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent wikt:ignition, the ignition of an uncontrolled fire and those that are used to limit the spread a ...
. The certification received ANSI certification in 2006 as an ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 standard qualification.
Certification is equivalent to a tertiary level degree requiring applicants to have either at least a high school diploma with at least six years of verifiable professional experience in fire loss prevention or at least an associate degree specialising in some aspect of fire loss prevention. Applicants with an associate degree with a relevant specialisation require four years of additional work experience and applicants with a bachelor's degree require at least two years of additional experience.
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Firefighting in the United States
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