The Department of Technology offers a credit certificate program in Fire Protection Risk Analysis and Reduction. This program is designed to offer students and individuals in the insurance industry or in private sector fire protection positions a series of professionally related courses in fire protection and fire safety. The courses complement each other and, as a whole, prepare individuals to serve as fire protection and safety
specialists, inspectors, evaluators, and managers.

The program contains a total of 32 units of upper division course work. Courses taken to meet requirements of this program may also be applied toward the major in Fire Protection Administration and Technology. Refer to the Undergraduate Study chapter of this catalog for general regulations governing all certificate programs.

An associate level degree (A.A. or A.S.), or its equivalent, in related subjects, or employment in a fire protection-related position is prerequisite to enrollment in the program.