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25、00 Standardfor FireServiceProfessionalQualificationsAccreditationand CertificationSystems 2011Edition ThiseditionofNFPA1000,StandardforFireServiceProfessionalQualificationsAccreditationand Certification Systems, was prepared by the Technical Committee onAccreditation and Certifi- cation to Fire Serv
26、ice Professional Qualifications and released by the Technical Correlating CommitteeonProfessionalQualifications.ItwasissuedbytheStandardsCouncilonJune1, 2010,withaneffectivedateofJune21,2010,andsupersedesallpreviouseditions. This edition of NFPA1000 was approved as anAmerican National Standard on Ju
27、ne 21, 2010. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA1000 In 1990, the Professional Qualifications Correlating Committee recommended that the Associationestablishaprojectrelatedtofireservicecertificationandaccreditationprograms. TheprojectwasapprovedattheJuly1990meetingoftheNFPAStandardsCouncil.Asaresult ofthisac
28、tion,atechnicalcommitteewasnamedtodevelopproceduresfortheaccreditation of agencies involved in certification, based on the NFPA Professional Qualifications Stan- dards,andproceduresforthecertificationofindividualstothosestandards. TheTechnical Committee onAccreditation and Certification to Fire Serv
29、ice Professional Qualifications met for the first time in October 1991 and regularly during 1992 and 1993 to developthisdocument.Thecommitteereviewedmaterialsrelatedtoaccreditationandcerti- fication programs of non-fire service organizations and, where possible, used nationally ac- cepted requiremen
30、ts from these programs as the basis for this document. The committees objectivewastodeveloprequirementsthatcouldbeusedtoevaluateaccreditationandcerti- ficationsystemsthatuseNFPAProfessionalQualificationsStandards. Inthe2000editionofthisdocument,thecommitteeaddedprovisionsfortheaccrediting of nonengi
31、neering, fire-related, academic, degree-granting programs offered by institutions ofhighereducation. Inthe2006editionofthisdocument,thecommitteeaddedprovisionstorecognizechang- ing methodologies used for evaluations for both accreditation and certification agencies. Changes were made to bring the do
32、cument into conformance with the Manual of Style for NFPATechnical Committee Documents. Inthe2011editionofthisdocument,thecommitteemadechangesthatclarifythedistinc- tion between “training” and “certification” by adding a definition for the word training.Also added was language designed to strengthen
33、 the ethical expectations of accrediting bodies. Thecommitteealsochosetousethewordcandidatesinsteadofstudentstoensuredelineation betweentraining,education,andcertification. 10001 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusett
34、s02169.TechnicalCorrelatingCommitteeonProfessionalQualifications WilliamE.Peterson, Chair Plano,TXM Rep.InternationalFireServiceTrainingAssociation StephenP.Austin, StateFarmInsuranceCompanies, DEI Rep.InternationalAssociationofArsonInvestigators, Inc. JohnMichaelBrackin, SouthavenFireDepartment, MS
35、L Rep.TConAccreditation&CertificationProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) RichardW.Carlson, OkolonaFireDepartment,KYU Rep.TConFireInspectorProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) JimA.Crawford, VancouverFireDepartment,WA
36、U Rep.TConFireMarshalProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) DouglasP.Forsman, ChampaignFireDepartment,ILE ErnestJ.Grant, NorthCarolinaJayceeBurnCenter, NCU Rep.TConPublicFireEducatorProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management)
37、EdwardM.Hawthorne, ShellOilCompany,TXU Rep.TConIndustrialFireBrigadesProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) RonaldL.Hopkins, EasternKentuckyUniversity,KYSE Rep.TConFireServiceInstructorProfessional Qualifications JacklynKilby-Richards, TownofGrotonEmergency Di
38、spatch,CTU Rep.TConPublicSafetyTelecommunicator ProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) BarbaraL.Koffron, PhoenixFireDepartment,AZU F.PatrickMarlatt, MarylandFireandRescueInstitute, MDSE Rep.TConFireFighterProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificatio
39、nsSystems Management) MichaelS.Mayers, HiltonHeadIslandFireandRescue, SCU Rep.TConRescueTechnicianProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) GerardJ.Naylis, PennWellCompany,NJC Rep.TConFireInvestigatorProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSyst
40、ems Management) LawrenceL.Preston, MarylandFireandRescueInstitute, MDE Rep.TConFireOfficerProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) PhilipC.Stittleburg, LaFargeFireDepartment,WIL Rep.NationalVolunteerFireCouncil JimStumpf, OrganizationalQualityAssociates,IDSE Rep.
41、TConWildfireSuppressionProfessional Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) ThomasB.Sturtevant, TexasEngineeringExtension Service,TXE Rep.NationalBoardonFireServiceProfessional Qualifications MichaelA.Wieder, FireProtectionPublications,OKM Rep.TConIncidentManagementProfessi
42、onal Qualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) StephenWilde, CertifiedFleetServices,Inc.,ILU Rep.TConEmergencyVehicleMechanicTechnicians ProfessionalQualifications (VLtoProfessionalQualificationsSystems Management) Alternates JefferyC.Cash, CityofCherryvilleFireDepartment, NC
43、L (Alt.toP.C.Stittleburg) FrederickW.Piechota,Jr., NationalBoardonFireService ProfessionalQualifications,MAE (Alt.toT.B.Sturtevant) KendallHolland,NFPAStaffLiaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes i
44、n the membership may have occurred.Akey to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary resp
45、onsibility for the management of the NFPA Professional Qualifications Project and documents related to professional qualifications for fire service, publicsafety,andrelatedpersonnel. 10002 FIRESERVICEPROFESSIONALQUALIFICATIONSACCREDITATIONANDCERTIFICATIONSYSTEMS 2011 EditionTechnicalCommitteeonAccre
46、ditationandCertificationtoFireServiceProfessionalQualifications StevenBardwell, MississippiStateFireAcademy,MSE RickBlack, CenterforPublicSafetyExcellence,TXU JohnMichaelBrackin, SouthavenFireDepartment, MSL CraigA.Fry, LosAngelesCityFireDepartment,CAL Rep.CaliforniaStateFirefightersAssociation Mich
47、aelR.Hill, Thomasville,NCSE LynneLofquist, MinistryofCommunitySafety &CorrectionalServices,CanadaE SteveLutz, UtahFireandRescueAcademy,UTSE RussellK.Mason, CentralCountyFireandRescue, MOU RandalE.Novak, IowaFireServiceTrainingBureau, IASE FrederickW.Piechota,Jr., NationalBoardonFireService Professio
48、nalQualifications,MAE JimmyL.Smith, Fitchburg,MAL Alternates RoseBarg, MinistryofCommunitySafety&Correctional Services,CanadaE (Alt.toL.Lofquist) KendallHolland,NFPAStaffLiaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that t
49、ime, changes in the membership may have occurred.Akey to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on (1) procedures for fireservicepersonnelcertificationtoNFPAProfessionalFireServiceQualificationsStandardsorotherstan- dards adopted by the authorit
