Expression of Interest Only 2026 Dates TBD

NFPA 1021 Level 1 - Fire Officer

Primarily held virtually, but will have a few days in the Lakeland College Emergency Training Centre in Vermillion, AB

Prerequisite:

NFPA 1001 Level 2 Certification (IFSAC/ProBoard)
NFPA 1041 Level 1 Certification (IFSAC/ProBoard)
Minimum 3 years of experience
Meets minimum attendance requirements

Course ID: #QETC 140 Online

Course description: In this course, you will build the leadership, communication, and operational planning skills essential to the role of a fire officer. Through scenario-based assignments aligned with NFPA 1021 (2020) standards, you’ll learn to manage internal communications, prepare professional reports, create operational budgets, and deliver persuasive presentations. Whether navigating emergency responses or day-to-day leadership tasks, this course equips you with practical tools for success in the modern fire service.

Course ID: #QETC 141 Online

Course description: This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to carry out basic supervisory and administrative functions at the unit level of the fire department. Interpersonal and oral communications are stressed as company officers supervise routine activities, train new members, recommend action for member-related problems, and apply human relations policies and procedures to administrative situations. Students will also prepare budget requests, change a departmental policy, execute routine administrative functions, and analyze and understand the purpose of each management component of the organization.

Course ID: #QETC 142 (Online)

Course Description: The Company Officer is often the liaison between the fire department and the general public. This textbook-based course gives the student the skills to initiate action on a community need, initiate action to a citizen's concern and to respond to a public enquiry. The safety and well-being of members is also the responsibility of the company officer. To that end, students learn to apply safety regulations to all department activities, to conduct an initial accident investigation, and to implement a members wellness and fitness program. They acquire the knowledge and skill to secure an incident scene, thus providing for the safety of members and the general public and conduct a fire investigation and draw up a pre-incident plan for an occupancy.

Course ID: #QETC 143 (in-person will be required)

Course Description: In this textbook-based course, learn to develop an initial action plan at an incident. This knowledge is then synthesized with the skills needed to implement the action plan, communicate effectively in an emergency situation, complete an incident response report and conduct a post-incident analysis of the situation.

NFPA 1021 Level 1 Officer - Expression of Interest