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Certification Forms (PDF)* (Click the forms below to download)

- Municipal Test Request Form

- Industrial Test Request Form

- Request for Transcript or Duplicate Certificate

- Reciprocity Application

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the forms. If you don't have it on your computer already, you may download it from adobe.com.

General Information Regarding the Certification Process:

1. -Each candidate for certification will be the member of a Louisiana fire department or other Louisiana emergency responder organization.
   
   

2. -Candidates for certification must be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Identification and age are verified with a photographed ID (driver's license).
   

1. - The fire chief or administrator of the fire department or responder organization will recommend each candidate for certification.
   

1. - A Request for Written Examination must be received thirty (30) calendar days prior to the examination, this request originates with the fire chief or administrator.  Walk-in registration at the test site will not be accepted.  A candidate roster (confirmation letter) will be generated and sent to the fire chief.
   
   

2. -The fire chief or administrator of the department recommends the candidate for examination. No individual will be examined unless he/she is sponsored by a fire department/organization.  Thirty calendar days prior to the examination date, a written request of examination originates in the fire department or organization.  After it is filled and approved by the fire chief, then the request is forwarded to the Louisiana Firefighter and Emergency Responder Certification.
   
   

3. -A candidate for certification must meet the prerequisite requirements as outlined by NFPA Professional Qualifications and the Louisiana Firefighter Certification Program for the certification level requested.
   
   

4. -Candidates failing two (2) cognitive (written) or manipulative (practical) examinations in a ninety (90) day period will be denied testing for ninety (90) days. Cognitive exams will require new manipulative skills evaluations after the ninety day probation period. The manipulative skills evaluations expire in ninety (90) days. Once expired, a different version of the skills evaluation should then be administered.
   
   

5. -The maximum amount of time for all written examinations is two (2) hours.
   

1. -Requests for testing accommodation based on disability along with a medical history should be directed to the Human Resource Manger of the Fire and Emergency Training Institute who will interact with LSU's Office of Human Resource Management to determine what accommodation, if any, is indicated.
   

1. -Dishonesty of any kind with respect to examinations, alterations of records, or attempts to use the mail to obtain certification will not be tolerated.
   

1. -Examinations must represent the student's own work and must be completed in the presence of an approved Lead Evaluator  without the assistance of books, notes, devices, or outside help, unless specified otherwise in the examination directions. Candidates who give information to a dishonest candidate will be considered as culpable as the candidate being assisted.
   

1. - In keeping with the local Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Boards of Louisiana, the Louisiana Firefighter and Emergency Responder Certification Program adopted the following statements: In the interest of protecting the integrity and security of the examinations administered by the LSU Louisiana Firefighter and Emergency Responder Certification Program, and to prevent disruptions during examinations the following policy is adopted:
   

      "Under no circumstances will any test applicant be permitted to enter the examination room with a personal electronic or telecommunication device. Prohibited devices include, but, are not limited to: cellular telephones, digital pagers, PDA's, (Palm Pilots) digital watches with photographic capabilities, or any device capable of storing, sending or receiving data."

1. -The completed examinations will be scored in a timely fashion, with the results being mailed within 30 days. No telephone or fax requests for results, (including pass or fail), shall be granted.
   
   

2. -The Louisiana Firefighter and Emergency Responder Certification Program is a voluntary program.
   

Certification Examinations Available: (Click an exam to see description)

Advanced Exterior Industrial Fire Brigade Member   *

Airport Firefighter   *

Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator-Aerial   *

Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator-Pumper   *

Fire Department Safety Officer

Fire Fighter I   *

Fire Fighter II   *

Fire Inspector I   *

Fire Inspector II   *

Fire Investigator   *

Fire Officer I   *

Fire Officer II   *

Fire Officer III   *

Fire Service Instructor I   *

Fire Service Instructor II   *

Fire Service Instructor III

Hazardous Materials Branch Safety Officer

Hazardous Materials Responders, Incident Commander Level   *

Hazardous Materials Responders, Operational Level   *

Helicopter Landing Officer

Incipient Industrial Fire Brigade Member   *

Industrial Fire Brigade- Interior Structural   *

Industrial Fire Brigade- Leader   *

Land-Base Marine Firefighter

Marine Firefighter

Public Fire Educator I

Public Fire Educator II

Responder to Hazardous Materials Incidents, Awareness Level   *

Responder to Hazardous Materials Incidents, Technician Level   *

Rope Rescue Technician

Structural Collapse Technician

Tankbarge Firefighter

Telecommunicator I

Telecommunicator II

Trench Rescue Technician

Please note, examinations with an asterisk (*) are IFSAC and NPQS accredited.

For further information, please contact

Louisiana State University

Louisiana Firefighter and Emergency Responder Certification

6868 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70820

Telephone 225/334-6282 or 800/256-3473 Fax 225/334-6065