Schools for Firefighters Occupation
No career colleges offer the vocation programs for Firefighters career
General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Firefighters
Most Firefighters occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. 60.74% of Firefighters have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 0.38% of Firefighters have Post-Secondary Certificate. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Firefighters tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Firefighters occupational group.
Vocational Programs for Firefighters Career
5 vocational programs are closely related to the Firefighters occupation - Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services, Fire Prevention and Safety Technology, Technician, and 3 more programs. You can check the schools offering the programs with tuition, length of study, and earning information.
A program that prepares individuals to enforce natural resource and environmental protection regulations and laws; and to perform emergency duties to protect human life, property and natural resources, including fire prevention and control measures, and emergency and rescue procedures. Includes instruction in natural and physical sciences, natural resource management, outdoor field skills, firearms and outdoor equipment and vehicle operation, evidence collection and environmental sampling and monitoring, natural resource legislation, environmental compliance techniques, patrol procedures, investigation and report writing, interpersonal skills and crisis intervention, community liaison, public safety, public education, and public relations. Note: this program was re-instated after being deleted from CIP 2000; previously, it was coded as 03.0203
A program focusing on the application of fire science and technology to problems of reducing fire risk, limiting loss, supervising substance removal, conducting safety inspections and investigations, and advising on matters of safety procedures and fire prevention policy. Includes instruction in fire behavior, fire simulation, structural risk assessment, materials analysis, detection and suppression systems, smoke management, supply and evacuation, public education, legal aspects of fire prevention, and related research and communications methods
A program focusing on the theory and practice of fires and fire-fighting. Includes instruction in fire chemistry and physics, combustible materials, computer science, building construction, fire codes and related laws, fire hydraulics, fire command, fire prevention/inspection, fire protection systems, fire suppression systems, fire/arson investigation, occupational safety, equipment operation, emergency medicine and communications
Average Program Tuition & Fees: $3,136
Average Program Length: 461 Contact Hours
Average Completion Time: 5 Months
A program focusing on the application of fire science, firefighting and investigation to the prevention, control and mitigation of wildland fires and the analysis of causes. Includes instruction in fire science and behavior, wildland environments, meteorology, wildland fire hydraulics and dynamics, water and chemical supply systems, wildland firefighting operations, airborne firefighting, firebreak engineering, communications systems, wildland arson, forensic procedures, wildland fire prevention, investigation techniques, case management and preparation
Any instructional program in Fire Protection which is not categorized in sub area