37 Tex. Admin. Code § 423.5 - Minimum Standards for Intermediate Structure Fire Protection Personnel Certification
(a) Applicants
for Intermediate Structure Fire Protection Personnel certification must
complete the following requirements:
(1) hold,
as a prerequisite, a Basic Structure Fire Protection Personnel certification as
defined in §
423.3 of this title (relating to
Minimum Standards for Basic Structure Fire Protection Personnel Certification);
and
(2) acquire a minimum of four
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 either the 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 course 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 or 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 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 Structure Fire Protection Personnel certification.
Repeating a course or a course of similar content cannot be used towards this
level of certification.
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