1. (a) In order to be certified by the commission as a Basic Fire Inspector an individual must complete a commission approved fire inspection training program and successfully pass the commission examination as specified in Chapter 439 of this title (relating to Examinations for Certification). An approved basic fire inspection training program shall consist of one or any combination of the following:

   1. (1) completion of the commission approved Basic Fire Inspector Curriculum, dated prior to January 1, 2005; or
   2. (2) successful completion of an out-of-state training program which has been submitted to the commission for evaluation and found to meet the minimum requirements as listed in the commission approved Basic Fire Inspector Curriculum as specified in Chapter 4 of the commission's Certification Curriculum Manual; or

   3. (3) successful completion of the following college courses:

      1. (A) Fire Protection Systems, three semester hours;
      2. (B) Fire Prevention, three semester hours; or Fire Prevention Codes and Investigations, three semester hours;
      3. (C) Building Code, three semester hours;
      4. (D) Building Construction, three semester hours;
      5. (E) Hazardous Materials, three semester hours.(Total semester hours, 15*. *NOTE: Building Code and Building Construction may be combined into a single three semester hour class. If this is the case, the total semester hours may be reduced to 12. Hazardous Materials I or II may be used to satisfy the requrements of Hazardous Materials); or

   4. (4) successful completion of a National Fire Academy program for fire inspection. The program must include the basic course, Fire Inspection Principles I, and two of the following courses or their predecessor:

      1. (A) Fire Prevention Specialist II; or
      2. (B) Plans Review for Inspectors; or
      3. (C) Code Management: A Systems Approach; or
      4. (D) Management of Fire Prevention Programs; or
      5. (E) Strategic Analysis of Fire Prevention Programs.
2. (b) National Fire Academy courses that replace a course discontinued by the National Fire Academy may be used towards requirements for certification in place of the discontinued course.
3. (c) A person who holds or is eligible to hold a certificate upon employment as a part-time fire inspector may be certified as a fire inspector, of the same level of certification, without meeting the applicable examination requirements.

Source Note:The provisions of this §429.3 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 10896; amended to be effective May 23, 1999, 24 TexReg 3862; amended to be effective November 5, 2000, 25 TexReg 10749; amended to be effective December 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 12006; amended to be effective August 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 7453; amended to be effective May 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 3034; amended to be effective November 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 7237.