| | Pre-Service Firefighter - Education and Training | | |
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| School | Georgian College | | |
| Location | Barrie, ON, Canada | | |
| School Type | College | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 13,000
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| Degree | Certificate | | |
| Honours | | | |
| Co-op | | | |
| Length | 1 Year(s) | | |
| Entry Grade (%)* | | | |
| Prerequisites | - Grade12 English
- Grade12 Mathematics
- Grade12 Biology
- Grade12 Chemistry
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| Prerequisites Notes | Applicants must have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD – 30 credits) at the general level, or equivalent. In place of the chemistry requirement, applicants may take Grade 12 University Exercise Science (SCH4C, SCH4U, SCH3U, PSE4U). CPR Basic Rescue Certificate and Standard First Aid Certificate must be maintained throughout the program. Please submit a copy of both. Criminal Records check required prior to program start. Ensure copies of certificates and/or awards are submitted. | | |
| Cost |
This cost includes tuition and ancillary fees. | | |
| Scholarships | 2 scholarship(s) | | |
| Description | This program addresses the competency and occupational based curriculum designed to further the Ontario fire service professionalization process. The curriculum design is based on the Ontario Firefighter Standards (revised 2008), the Pre-Entry Program and the Ontario Firefighter Curriculum and is supported by the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office (OFM) and the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC).
Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate will be eligible to undergo provincial testing to meet the requirements of the Office of the Fire Marshal. Upon being hired by a fire department and after a time period deemed appropriate by the chief, the firefighter may apply to the Ontario Fire College to receive the OFC Certificate of Achievement. Content will provide the successful graduate with knowledge and skills in the following areas: basic fire science, fire suppression principles and practices, firefighter first responder emergency patient care, fire prevention/public education and specialty modules such as confined space and environmental hazards. Students will be provided with opportunities to practice and test in simulated and controlled live fire training situations in locations such as the Ontario Fire College and the College's fire training centre. Applicants are encouraged to attend a group orientation session prior to the beginning of the September or January semester. | | |
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