NFA Offers Online Learning Opportunities For Fire And Building Code Officials

USFA highlights National Fire Academy (NFA) online learning opportunities for fire and building code officials. 

Some of the courses offer International Association for Continuing Education and Training continuing education units (CEUs) for officials who need to maintain professional certification.

Recommended online courses

Alternative Water Supply

Planning and Implementing Programs (Q0217) 0.6 CEUs: This course is designed to assist anyone with planning responsibility for alternative water sources during structural firefighting operations.

Testing and Evaluation of Water Supplies for Fire Protection (Q0218) 0.6 CEUs

Topics covered in this course include:

• Testing and evaluation of available water supplies for water supply systems, onsite storage systems, and rural areas not served by a water supply.
• Water supply for automatic sprinklers, standpipe systems, and fire suppression activities.
• Professional competencies related to determining available fire flow for fire protection.

Fire Behavior in a Single Family Dwelling (Q0368) 0.3 CEUs

This course provides with an understanding of fire behavior that users can apply to fire safety and firefighting techniques.

Principles of Building Construction (Q0751) 0.6 CEUs

Users will learn how design elements and emerging building methods and materials affect fire behavior and structural performance.