Applicants for Head of a Suppression Fire Department Certification must complete the following requirements:
  (1) must be appointed as head of a fire department; and
  (2) complete the Standards Review Assignment for Head of a Fire Department identified in the applicable chapter of the Certification Curriculum Manual; and
  (3) meet with a Texas Commission on Fire Protection Compliance Section representative for review and approval of the Standards Review Assignment; and
  (4) attend at least one Texas Commission on Fire Protection regularly scheduled commission meeting or one regularly scheduled fire fighter advisory committee meeting in the first year of appointment; and
  (5) document completion of the National Incident Management System courses 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, and 800.

Source Note: The provisions of this §449.3 adopted to be effective February 26, 2015, 40 TexReg 831; amended to be effective November 18, 2018, 43 TexReg 7557