Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training
Certificate · 3 Semesters
Northern College’s one-year Pre-Service Firefighter program is based at the Timmins campus and delivered at the state-of-the-art Integrated Emergency Services Complex alongside Timmins Fire Department. Combining labs, field placements, and vocational courses, the program trains students in rope rescue, forcible entry, live-burn scenarios, emergency patient care, fire behaviour, building construction, and technical rescue to NFPA 1001 (2019) Level I and II standards. Students may volunteer as firefighters and complete a six-week immersive hands-on fire and rescue evolution training component.
| Credential | Certificate |
| Length | 3 Semesters |
| Campuses | Timmins |
| OCAS code | T085 |
Courses
- CM1323 — Professional Communications
- GN1443 — Indigenous Culture & Awareness
- FF1013 — Fitness for Firefighters I
- FF1022 — Emergency Patient Care
- FF1041 — Emergency Patient Care Practice
- FF1061 — Fire Behaviour & Building Construction
- FF1123 — Fire Service Orientation
- FF1213 — Firefighter I
- FF1501 — Firefighter I – Practical
- MA1053 — Mathematics Fundamentals I
- EM2073 — Life Safety Education
- FF2005 — Technical Rescue & Maintenance
- FF2013 — Fitness for Firefighters II
Documents
- Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training — PDF · 499 KB
Source: https://www.northerncollege.ca/program/pre-service-firefighter-education-and-training/