SECTION 449.203. Minimum Standards for Head of a Prevention Only Fire Department Certification


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  • Applicants for Head of a Prevention Only Fire Department Certification must complete the following requirements:

    (1) must be appointed as head of a prevention only fire department; and

    (2) complete the Standards Review Assignment for Head of a Fire Department identified in the applicable chapter of the Certification Curriculum Manual; and

    (3) meet with a Texas Commission on Fire Protection Compliance Section representative for review and approval of the Standards Review Assignment; and

    (4) attend at least one Texas Commission on Fire Protection regularly scheduled commission meeting or one regularly scheduled fire fighter advisory committee meeting in the first year of appointment; and

    (5) document completion of National Incident Management System courses 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 and 800.

Source Note: The provisions of this §449.203 adopted to be effective February 26, 2015, 40 TexReg 831; amended to be effective November 18, 2018, 43 TexReg 7557