Current List of Endorsed Programs, Courses and Workshops

As of August 2005
The Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) and the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM), under the auspices of the Ontario Professional Standards Setting Body, are pleased to announce the endorsement of the following programs, courses and workshops:

Category A:  Fire Service - Required For Occupation or Roles/Standards/Certification

I   PRE-SERVICE
   Full-Time Part-Time Distance Education Certificate
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Algonquin College, Police & Public Safety, Ottawa, Ontario		    
Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training Program
Cambrian College, School of Health Sciences & Emergency Services, Sudbury, Ontario		    
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Conestoga College, School of Health Sciences & Community Services, Kitchener, Ontario		  
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 Durham College, School of Emergency Services, Whitby, Ontario		  
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Georgian College, Justice & Public Safety, Barrie, Ontario		  
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Humber College, Corporate & Continuing Education, Toronto Ontario		    
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Lambton College, School of Technology and Applied Science, Sarnia, Ontario		    
Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training Program
Northern College, Health Sciences & Emergency Services, Timmins, Ontario
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Seneca College, School of Fire Protection Engineering Technology & Continuing Education and Training, Toronto, Ontario		  
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Sir Sandford Fleming, Law and Justice, Peterborough, Ontario		    
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St. Clair College, Community and Corporate Training, Windsor, Ontario		    
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St. Lawrence College, Health Sciences, Brockville, Ontario		    

Please Note:

Students from non-endorsed pre-entry and pre-service programs are not eligible to write the OFM provincial test.
Revised Firefighter  Curriculum
Ontario Fire College, Gravenhurst Ontario 		Certificate

III   CERTIFICATION SPECIALTY MODULES
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Vaughan Fire Dept., Vaughan Ontario
Firefighter Emergency Patient Care II
Ontario Fire College, Gravenhurst Ontario
Hazmat - Operations Level
Ontario Fire College, Gravenhurst, Ontario
Hazmat - Operations Level
Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services, Mississauga, Ontario
Hazmat - Operations Level
PSC Emergency Response and Training Services, Hamilton, Ontario
Hazmat - Operations Level
Greater Toronto Airport Authority – Emergency Services Training Division, Toronto, Ontario

Hazmat - Operations Level
Regional Partnership - Cambridge, Waterloo & Kitchener Fire Departments
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Ontario Fire College, Gravenhurst Ontario
Water/Ice Rescue
Ontario Fire College, Gravenhurst, Ontario
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Cambridge Fire Department, Cambridge, Ontario

Water/Ice Rescue
Kingston Fire & Rescue, Kingston, Ontario
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Cambridge Fire Department, Cambridge, Ontario
  

Category B: Fire Service – Specific Training
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Leber-Rubes Inc., Toronto, Ontario
 

Category C:  Fire Service – General For General Interest & Development
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Canadian Red Cross, Ontario Zone, Mississauga, Ontario

The mandate of the Endorsement Review Board is to recognize quality education and training programs offered for the fire service in the Province of Ontario, which meet the educational and training criteria, specified in the Ontario Standards Process Model.

To confirm if a specific program/course/workshop is endorsed look for a statement in the advertising that reads "The Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs and the Office of the Fire Marshal, through the Endorsement Review Board endorses the content of the program. The Board expressly does not endorse the delivery of the program, tools and/or equipment used in the delivery of the program."

The contents of the above specific offerings are endorsed for a two-year period from the date of the endorsement.

For further information, please contact the Ontario Association of Fire Chief's Endorsement Review Board Office at 1-800-774-6651. For the most current listing of programs,  visit the following websites: