(a) Training programs that are intended to satisfy the requirements for fire service instructor certification must meet the curriculum and competencies based upon NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications or the most recent edition of. All applicants for certification must meet the examination requirements of this section.
(b) Prior to being appointed to fire service instructor duties, all personnel must complete a commission approved fire service instructor program and successfully pass the commission examination pertaining to that curriculum.
(c) Personnel who receive probationary or temporary appointment to fire service instructor duties must be certified by the commission within one year from the date of appointment to such position.
(d) An out-of-state, military, or federal instructor training program may be accepted by the commission as meeting the training requirements for certification as a fire service instructor if the training has been submitted to the commission for evaluation and found to be equivalent to or to exceed the commission approved instructor course for that particular level of fire service instructor certification.
(e) An individual who holds a bachelor's degree or higher in education from a regionally accredited educational institution or a teaching certificate issued by the State Board for Educator Certification or an associate degree with twelve semester hours of education instructional courses is considered to have training equivalent to the commission's curriculum requirements for Instructor I, II and III training.
(f) Personnel holding any level of fire service instructor certification must comply with the continuing education requirements specified in §441.21 of this title (relating to Continuing Education for Fire Service Instructor).

Source Note: The provisions of this §425.1 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 30 TexReg 7234; amended to be effective December 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 9618; amended to be effective May 9, 2007, 32 TexReg 2475; amended to be effective May 18, 2010, 35 TexReg 3848; amended to be effective February 21, 2012, 37 TexReg 911; amended to be effective June 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 3652; amended to be effective December 8, 2022, 47 TexReg 8047