A Partnership in Fire Service Education Selected NYS OFPC courses may be awarded credit at some SUNY colleges. Credit is awarded at the discretion of the individual college. Students should check with the college to determine if they award credit for OFPC courses, which courses are eligible, the specific procedure to be followed, and any unique requirements, such as completion of a proficiency exam.
Generally speaking, the criteria to receive college credit for a NYS OFPC course are: 1) The college must accept the course; 2) The student must be matriculated in a degree program at that college; 3) The student must currently be enrolled in a course at that college; 4) The student must satisfy the requirements of that institution regarding the course for which they are requesting credit; 5) The OFPC course must meet the following requirements: a) The delivery of the fire training must meet generally accepted academic standards, including a course syllabus/document that is consistent with a college course, appropriate classroom space and educational materials, and measures to insure integrity of the testing process. b) The fire training course must meet the educational objectives of the college course. A three semester-hour college course represents 45 instructor-student class contact hours in a lecture format. c) There must be a series of graded assignments and exams, and an academically valid end-of-course cognitive evaluation instrument, such as a final exam. 6) If there is an associated National Certification offered by OFPC, this must be achieved. This applies to the following certifications and OFPC courses of the same or similar title:
NFPA 1001 - Firefighter I, Firefighter II NFPA 1003 - Airport Firefighter (Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting course) NFPA 1021 - Fire Officer I, Fire Officer II, Fire Officer III NFPA 1031 - Fire Inspector I NFPA 1035 - Fire and Life Safety Educator I NFPA 1041 - Fire Service Instructor I, Fire Service Instructor II NFPA 472 - Hazardous Materials Operations, Hazardous Materials Technician NFPA 1521 - Incident Safety Officer
OFPC students wishing to apply for college credit should contact their local SUNY college to determine the procedure, and to ascertain if any fees are associated with this process. NYS Colleges with Fire Programs
Associate (2-year) Degrees/Certificate Bachelors & Masters Degrees:
SUNY Broome Community Mohawk Valley Community Empire State College College College Center for Distance Learning PO Box 1017 Utica Campus 2 Union Ave Binghamton, New York 13902 1101 Sherman Drive Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 607-778-5000 Utica, NY 13501 518-587-2100 www.sunybroome.edu 315-792-5400 www.esc.edu www.mvcc.edu Corning Community College John Jay College of 1 Academic Drive Monroe Community College Criminal Justice Corning, NY 14830 1000 East Henrietta Rd 899 10th Ave 607-962-9222 Rochester, NY 14623 New York, NY 10019 www.corning-cc.edu 585-292-2000 212-663-7867 www.monroecc.edu www.jjay.cuny.edu Dutchess Community College 53 Pendell Road Onondaga Community Elmira College Poughkeepsie, New York College 1 Park Pl 12601–1595 4585 W Seneca Tnpk Elmira, NY 14901 845-431-8000 Syracuse, NY 13215 607-735-1800 www.sunydutchess.edu 315-498-2622 www.elmira.edu www.sunyocc.edu Erie Community College South Campus Rockland Community 4041 Southwestern Blvd College Orchard Park, NY 14127 145 College Rd 716-851-1322 Suffern, NY 10901 www.ecc.edu 845-574-4409 www.sunyrockland.edu Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua Campus Schenectady Community 3325 Marvin Sands Dr. College Canandaigua, NY 14424 78 Washington Ave 585-394-3500 Schenectady, NY 12305 www.flcc.edu 518-381-1200 www.sunysccc.edu Jamestown Community College 525 Falconer St. Suffolk Community College PO Box 20 533 College Rd Jamestown, NY 14702-0020 Selden, NY 11784 716-338-1000 631-451-4110 www.sunyjcc.edu www.sunysuffolk.edu
Jefferson Community College 1220 Coffeen St Watertown, NY 13601 315-786-2200 www.sunyjefferson.edu