NFPA 1033: Fire Investigator

This blended course covers all investigative competencies associated with NFPA 1033 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator, 2022 Edition, including Scientific Method, Origin and Cause, Scene Documentation, Scene Safety, Chemistry of Fire, Building Construction, and Scene Reconstructions. This course also provides in-depth instruction in all aspects of assessing and investigating fire scenes relevant to fire protection services and adheres to the NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, 2021 Edition, which is the guide to fire and explosion and investigation. This course is complex in writing, math, and science and students must have a complex understanding of the fire sciences prior to arrival. Students must have the ability to compete their own fire investigation with the support of their Fire Chief within six (6) months to achieve certification. Provincial testing through AS&E with the Office of the Fire Marshal will be conducted at the conclusion of the course.