# 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.

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|---|---|
| Credential | Certificate |
| Length | 3 Semesters |
| Campuses | Timmins |
| OCAS code | T085 |

[Apply →](https://ontariocolleges.ca/en/cba?collegeCode=NORT)

## Courses

- [CM1323 — Professional Communications](/courses/cm/cm1323)
- [GN1443 — Indigenous Culture & Awareness](/courses/gn/gn1443)
- [FF1013 — Fitness for Firefighters I](/courses/ff/ff1013)
- [FF1022 — Emergency Patient Care](/courses/ff/ff1022)
- [FF1041 — Emergency Patient Care Practice](/courses/ff/ff1041)
- [FF1061 — Fire Behaviour & Building Construction](/courses/ff/ff1061)
- [FF1123 — Fire Service Orientation](/courses/ff/ff1123)
- [FF1213 — Firefighter I](/courses/ff/ff1213)
- [FF1501 — Firefighter I – Practical](/courses/ff/ff1501)
- [MA1053 — Mathematics Fundamentals I](/courses/ma/ma1053)
- [EM2073 — Life Safety Education](/courses/em/em2073)
- [FF2005 — Technical Rescue & Maintenance](/courses/ff/ff2005)
- [FF2013 — Fitness for Firefighters II](/courses/ff/ff2013)

## Documents

- [Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training](/documents/firefighter-program-requirements-pdf) — PDF · 499 KB

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<small>Source: [https://www.northerncollege.ca/program/pre-service-firefighter-education-and-training/](https://www.northerncollege.ca/program/pre-service-firefighter-education-and-training/)</small>