We offer a wide variety of firefighter and technical rescue courses that are NFPA compliant and Internationally accredited (IFSAC & Pro-Board) via the NC State Fire Marshall’s Office. In order to receive fee exemption for these courses, students must be an active member of a rescue squad or fire department within N.C.

Our North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshall courses are delivered either as a “Series or Block” or can be delivered as individual courses. All NCOSFM courses are accredited programs with the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) or Pro BOard Fire service Professional Qualification Systems. All course are also compliant with related National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) standards. What this means to you are the safest and highest quality instruction that students may utilized certifications throughout the international and military fire & rescue service.

Cost:

For North Carolina Fire & Rescue responders: : All courses are free (fee exempt)
Out of State Students: There is an out of state course fee for each course.

N.C. Community College Blue Sheet

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This memo is to notify you that an updated version of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) Fire Course “Blue Sheet,” dated July 1, 2022, is attached and available online via this link:
https://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/workforce-continuing-education/public-safety (Note: Scroll down to the “College Resources” section of the NCCCS Public Safety Training page)
The NCCCS Blue Sheet is provided to colleges as a handy reference of courses with the following prefixes:

• FIP – Fire and Rescue
• WLF – Wildland Fire
• EPT – Emergency Management
• EME – Emergency Services

The Blue Sheet, which is updated periodically, is provided by the NCCCS Public Safety Training Team for training purposes and general guidance only. The official sources for state certification information are the associated state agencies listed in the Blue Sheet. The official source for NCCCS course information is the Combined Course Library (CCL) found at http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/academicprograms/combined-course-library.

If information in the Blue Sheet contradicts information from the
agency, board, or commission that regulates the course, assume that the information from the external agency has jurisdiction and is the authority. If discrepancies are found, please notify me at [email protected]
As always, please direct specific questions about NC Fire and Rescue certifications to your North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) regional specialists. Questions about community college policies and procedures that support fire and rescue certification and non-certification training should be addressed to
Kenny Weatherington, Fire and Rescue/Emergency Management Training Specialist, at (919) 291-6341 or [email protected]
We hope you find this reference helpful and will share on your campus, as appropriate. Thank you.

NC Technical Rescue (TR) Certification Courses

NFPA 1006 Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications 2013 Edition
(Source; NC Community College Blue Sheet; Update July 2022)

• Effective 1/1/16, the former TR General and TR Ropes programs were combined into the new TR program above.
• The current TR Ropes Courses FIP-5800 thru FIP-5807 are still in use.
• Per OSFM Regional Update Letter – October 2017: TR Ropes Sunset Date was Removed. TR Ropes will continue to be offered until the next rewrite of TR programs.

NC Firefighter Certification Courses – NFPA 2019

NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, 2019 Edition (Start date for these 2019 NFPA Edition courses was July 1, 2020)

Firefighter Certification (Block Offerings)