Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Fire Inspection and Fire Safety Education

Fires can happen anytime, anywhere, with devastating consequences. Education is essential to all fire prevention activities. Fanshawe’s Fire Inspection and Fire Safety Education three-year advanced diploma program, the first of its kind in Canada, will provide you with vital training to protect people and property from catastrophic fires before they start.
You'll learn about everything from enforcement to education in your fire inspector training. On your journey to achieving your fire inspector certification, you'll gain an understanding of the growing role of fire prevention within the public and private sectors of the fire service industry in our fire prevention course.
With a foundation in fire science and fire mathematics, you'll study a comprehensive range of relevant codes and legislation, such as the Ontario Fire Code, Fire Protection and Prevention Act, the Ontario Building Code and the Building Code Act. The fire prevention course also includes a mentorship to expose students to a variety of fire service environments.
Our fire inspector course curriculum is aligned with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and when you graduate, you'll be eligible to write the NFPA exams to become Ontario certified. You'll also be eligible to write the Ontario Building Code exams required to qualify as Building Officials under the Building Code Act.

OSSD with courses from the College (C), University (U), University/College (M), or Open (O) stream or Academic and Career Entrance Certificate (ACE) or Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate or An Ontario College Certificate from Fanshawe College in Public Safety Fundamentals with a minimum final grade of ‘C+’ in MATH-1195 and CHEM-1110 and a minimum final grade of ‘B+’ in WRIT-1089 and PHYS-1041 or Mature Applicant with standing in the required courses and grades stated above.

English Language Requirements:

• A Grade 12 College Stream or University Stream English credit from an Ontario Secondary School, or equivalent, depending on the program's Admission Requirements.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) test with a minimum score of 550 for the paper-based test (PBT), or 79 for the Internet-based test (iBT), with test results within the last two years.
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test with an overall score of 6.0 with no score less than 5.5 in any of the four bands, with test results within the last two years.
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) with a minimum score of 53, with test results within the last two years