Accredited Levels
The Utah Fire Service Certification System offers the following levels of certification to the firefighters of Utah. A Certification standard is available for each of the following levels by contacting the certification office or on the Certification web page under certification standards.
Each standard contains information on how to train and prepare for the certification examination process with references for the written exam and the manipulative skills that will be tested.
Certification standards documents are available as PDFs; click the certification title to view the standards.
| Level of Certification |
NFPA Standard/Edition |
Accreditation |
| Firefighter I |
NFPA 1001, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Firefighter II |
NFPA 1001, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Hazardous Materials - Awareness |
NFPA 472, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Hazardous Materials - Operations |
NFPA 472, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Hazardous Materials - Technician |
NFPA 472, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Apparatus Driver Operator - Pumper |
NFPA 1002, 2003 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Apparatus Driver Operator - Aerial |
NFPA 1002, 2003 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Airport Firefighter |
NFPA 1003, 2005 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Fire Officer I |
NFPA 1021, 2003 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Fire Officer II |
NFPA 1021, 2003 ed. |
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| Fire Instructor I, II, & III* |
NFPA 1041, 2007ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Fire Inspector I, II, & III* |
NFPA 1031, 2003 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Fire Investigator |
NFPA 1033, 2002 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Fire & Life Safety Educator I & II |
NFPA 1035, 2005 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Public Information Officer |
NFPA 1035, 2005 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Rescue Technician - Vehicle and Machinery/Confined Space/Rope Rescue |
NFPA 1006, 2003 ed. |
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NPQS |
| Wildland Firefighter I |
NFPA 1051, 2007 ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
| Wildland Firefighter II |
NFPA 1051, 2007ed. |
IFSAC |
NPQS |
* Fire Instrructor and Fire Inspector are accredited at levels I and II only.
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