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Fire Investigators
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator Certification Description Recognize Qualified Fire and Explosion Investigators. Serve as a National Certification Registry and Clearinghouse for identifying qualified fire and explosion investigators. Provide an established system to compare the various qualifications of those engaged in fire and explosion investigation. Promote excellence in the Training, Education, and Conduct of fire and explosion investigators. Provide a system by which equally qualified investigators specializing in the various disciplines of fire and explosion investigation will have immediate acceptance as "Experts". Certifying Organization National Association of Fire Investigators http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm Certification Details ● Education and Training Required? Yes ● Work Experience Required? Yes ● Either training or work experience required, but not both? No ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes ● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years ● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes ● Renew through Re-Examination? No ● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No ● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator Website
Certified Fire Investigation Instructor Certification Description Certification provides the participant with basic skills that are essential if the CFEI will be providing training and education programs to other investigators, public education programs to a variety of audiences, or presenting information to others that do not have a technical background in fire and explosion investigation. Certifying Organization National Association of Fire Investigators http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm Certification Details ● Education and Training Required? Yes ● Work Experience Required? Yes ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes ● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years ● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes ● Renew through Re-Examination? No ● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No ● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No Certified Fire Investigation Instructor Website
Certified Fire Protection Specialist Certification Description The three-hour open book CFPS examination is comprised of 100 multiple-choice questions. The examination is based on a job analysis of fire protection specialists. The examination questions are referenced in the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook. Certifying Organization National Fire Protection Association http://www.nfpa.org/ Certification Details ● Education and Training Required? Yes ● Work Experience Required? Yes ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes ● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years ● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? Yes ● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No Certified Fire Protection Specialist Website
Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator Certification Description The intent of the National Certification Board's Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI) certification program is to increase the professional knowledge and improve the analytical skills of those persons who engage in the investigation and analysis of fires and explosions in motor vehicles and/or participate in the civil and criminal litigation which ensues from such investigations and analyses. Certifying Organization National Association of Fire Investigators http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm Certification Details ● Education and Training Required? Yes ● Work Experience Required? Yes ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes ● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years ● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes ● Renew through Re-Examination? No ● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No ● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator Website
Fire Inspector I Certifying Organization International Code Council https://www.iccsafe.org/ Certification Details ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes Fire Inspector I Website
Fire Inspector II Certification Description Content Outline: General Inspection Administration, General Provisions for Fire Safety, Occupancies, and Regulated Materials and Processes. Certifying Organization International Code Council https://www.iccsafe.org/ Certification Details ● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes ● Renewal Required? Every 6 Years ● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes Fire Inspector II Website

Fire Investigators

Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator

Certification Description
Recognize Qualified Fire and Explosion Investigators.
Serve as a National Certification Registry and Clearinghouse for identifying qualified fire and explosion investigators.
Provide an established system to compare the various qualifications of those engaged in fire and explosion investigation.
Promote excellence in the Training, Education, and Conduct of fire and explosion investigators.
Provide a system by which equally qualified investigators specializing in the various disciplines of fire and explosion investigation will have immediate acceptance as "Experts".

Certifying Organization
National Association of Fire Investigators
http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Either training or work experience required, but not both? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator Website

Certified Fire Investigation Instructor

Certification Description
Certification provides the participant with basic skills that are essential if the CFEI will be providing training and education programs to other investigators, public education programs to a variety of audiences, or presenting information to others that do not have a technical background in fire and explosion investigation.

Certifying Organization
National Association of Fire Investigators
http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Fire Investigation Instructor Website

Certified Fire Protection Specialist

Certification Description
The three-hour open book CFPS examination is comprised of 100 multiple-choice questions. The examination is based on a job analysis of fire protection specialists. The examination questions are referenced in the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook.

Certifying Organization
National Fire Protection Association
http://www.nfpa.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? Yes
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Fire Protection Specialist Website

Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator

Certification Description
The intent of the National Certification Board's Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI) certification program is to increase the professional knowledge and improve the analytical skills of those persons who engage in the investigation and analysis of fires and explosions in motor vehicles and/or participate in the civil and criminal litigation which ensues from such investigations and analyses.

Certifying Organization
National Association of Fire Investigators
http://www.nafi.org/index.cfm

Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator Website

Fire Inspector I

Certifying Organization
International Code Council
https://www.iccsafe.org/

Certification Details
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Fire Inspector I Website

Fire Inspector II

Certification Description
Content Outline: General Inspection Administration, General Provisions for Fire Safety, Occupancies, and Regulated Materials and Processes.

Certifying Organization
International Code Council
https://www.iccsafe.org/

Certification Details
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 6 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes

Fire Inspector II Website

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