Program Map

Fire Prevention Inspector - Certificate of Achievement

Award Type: Certificate of Achievement
Effective Date: Fall 2020
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Law & Public Safety

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:

The Fire Prevention Inspector program is based on the six core courses of the Uniform Fire Technology curriculum as approved by the State Board of Fire Services and the California Fire Chiefs Association. The core courses align with the California C-ID program and the National Fire Academy Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Model Curriculum: Associate's (Core).

Additionally, the Fire Prevention Inspector Program offers general courses in applied physics and chemistry, as well as specialized courses in fire prevention, public safety, building construction and fire protection system design.

What can I do with this Major?

Here are some of the jobs for which this degree is good preparation:

  • Fire Inspector
  • Code Compliance Officer
  • Fire Marshal
  • Plans Examiner
  • Fire Protection Specialist
  •  Community Risk Educator
  • Fire Prevention Specialist
  • Public Safety Officer

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Summer 1
 
3 units
FT 1
Principles of Emergency Services (Active)1
3.0
Recommended to be taken in the summer.
1Although not required for this program map, FT 1 is the prerequisite for FT 10 and strongly recommended for all other FT courses.
Semester 1
 
12 units
FT 4
Fire Prevention (Active)
3.0
INDT 74 or MTH 47 (Choose one)
 
GE
3.0
INDT 74
Measurements and Calculations (Historical)
3.0
OR
MTH 47
Mathematics for Liberal Arts (Active)
3.0
Counts as the Major Specific GE requirement and math proficiency.
FT 2
Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival (Active)
3.0
FT 3
Fire Behavior and Combustion (Active)
3.0
Semester 2
 
12 units
FT 5
Fire Protection Systems (Active)
3.0
FT 6
Building Construction for Fire Protection (Active)
3.0
BUS 22
Introduction to Management (Active)
3.0
Report Writing course (Choose one of the options below)
 
3.0
ADMJ 54
Investigative Reporting (Active)
3.0
OR
ENGL 70
Report Writing (Historical)
3.0
OR
BUS 14
Business Communications (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 27.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.