Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) NFPA, USA

NFPA’s Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) stands for the purpose of documenting competency and offering professional recognition for individuals involved in fire protection, fire safety, and fire prevention. In 1998, CFPS and NFPA partnered to jointly offer this highly regarded certification program.

The purpose of the CFPS examination is to provide a basis for determining the competency of candidates seeking the Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) designation. Current basis for the examination is the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, 20th edition.

Certification Body:              

• National Fire Protection Association- NFPA, USA

Target Audience

Loss Control Specialists, Fire Officers, Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors, Safety Managers, Fire Protection Consultants, Designers, Code Enforcers, Loss Prevention Professionals, Building Code Officials, Commercial & Real Estate Managers

Eligibility

• 2 Years’ Experience and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, or other related discipline from an accredited college or university

Course Content                     

Safety in the Built Environment

• Understand the challenges to safety in the built environment

  • Types of Construction

  • Occupancy Classifications

  • Concepts and application of compartmentation

• Understand the application of fire protection features

• Be familiar with codes and standards for the built environment, major Standards Development

• Organizations (SDOs), and their processes

Basics of Fire and Fire Science 

• Understand the chemistry and physics of fire

• Identify dynamics of fire growth and products of combustion (Heat Release Rate, Flame Spread and Smoke Development)

Information and Analysis for Fire Protection                                                                                       

• Understand the process, concepts, and tools involved with fire loss investigation

• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of fire incident data and statistics

• Perform fire analysis

Human Behavior in Fire Emergencies                                                                                                    

• Understand the principles of human behavior in fire

• Perform egress design and prediction calculations

Fire Prevention: Programs, Materials, Processes, and Environments                                                  

• Understand Fire hazards and prevention principles

• Understand hazards to Life Safety and mitigation principles

• Understand the components, fire hazards, operating principles and fire protection practices associated with the various types of systems, including, but not limited to:

  • HVAC and refrigeration systems

  • Emergency and standby power systems

  • Photovoltaic systems

  • Energy Storage Systems

  • Safety Control Systems (PLC Safety Controllers, Hardwired Interlock Systems)

  • Materials-handling equipment

  • Electronic equipment

  • Commercial kitchen and cooking equipment

• Understand and identify the fire hazards and hazard mitigation principles associated with the various processes, including, but not limited to:

  • Grinding processes

  • Semiconductor manufacturing

  • Hot work

• Understand the hazards and fire protection best practices associated with the following material storage, handling, and housekeeping principles

  • Demonstrate knowledge of proper storage and handling procedures of solid fuels, flammable and combustible liquids and gases, and dusts.

  • Understanding the exposures and controls for various storage arrangements.

  • Understand explosion prevention and protection

Facility Fire Hazard Management

• Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of:

  • Fire department response tactics and procedures

  • Types of building construction and how they relate to fire hazards and fire service response

  • Environmental hazards to facilities

• Understand how to perform fire, explosion, and life safety risk assessment and analysis of a given facility

• Understand how to conduct complex inspection surveys of commercial and residential properties to evaluate physical characteristics of a property and business and evaluate compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations