Curriculum and Training Updates
The AFC is accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard to 74 levels. While these 74 levels provide an avenue for our students to achieve certification in many areas, it also comes with its own set of challenges. One being that for the AFC to maintain accreditation, we must almost continually modify our training, curriculum, and testing processes to adhere to the National Fire Protection Association standards when the NFPA standards change, which is approximately every five years.
This series will be changing from three separate 40-hour classes, Fire Inspector I, II, & III to two separate courses First Responder Inspector and Fire Inspector.
First Responder Inspector will be 24-hour course consisting of three 8-hour days.
Fire Inspector will be an 80-hour course consisting of 20 hours of pre-course work, five 8-hour days in class, and 20 hours of post course work. The new book and Curriculum for these courses will be IFSTA’s, Fire Inspection and Code Enforcement, Ninth Edition. Fire Inspector I, II, and III classes will continue to be delivered until December 2024. First Responder Inspector will be a Department Delivery course and Fire Inspector will be an RTC/Campus Delivery course
Plans Examiner I
Plans Examiner I will be changing to Fire Plans Examiner. It will remain a 40-hour course, but the new prerequisite will be Fire Inspector III or the new Fire Inspector Class. The current book will continue to be used.
Public Fire and Life Safety Educator I and II
Public Fire and Life Safety Educator I and II will be changing to Fire and Life Safety Educator I and II will remain two 24-hour courses. The book will change to the IFSTA’s, Fire and Life Safety Educator, Fourth Edition.
Public information Officer
Public information Officer will remain a 24-hour course and the new book for the course will be the FPP’s, Public Information Officer, Second edition.