FSTEP Curriculum
The Fire Service Training and Education Program (FSTEP) produces continuing education and topic-specific training courses that do not lead to job function certification. Below is a list of FSTEP State Fire Training curriculum for which there are downloadable resources. The pre-2012 curriculum provides student manuals, instructor guides, and instructor PowerPoint templates. The post-2012 curriculum provides only course plans (and student activities if applicable).
For a brief overview of all SFT curriculum go to the Course Information & Required Materials (CIRM) manual.
Some curriculum requires utilizing an approved training site (per CIRM or Course Plan) for course delivery. Visit the Approved Training Sites webpage for more information.
For the manuals listed below, by agreement, CAL FIRE’s Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) allows for the reproduction of the following student and instructor manuals for Educational and Instruction Purposes ONLY. No other reproduction is permitted without the written permission of OSFM. For inquires or to report unauthorized use, contact Kris.Rose@fire.ca.gov.
For CFSTES curriculum please go to the Professional Certification web page.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
- G0290: Basic Public Information Officer (2016)
- ICS 100: An Introduction to the Incident Command System (2019)
- ICS 200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (2019)
- ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents (2019)
- ICS 400: Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents (2019)
- L0950: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Incident Commander (2019)
- L0964: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader (2019)
- L0965: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Resources and Demobilization Unit Leaders (2019)
- L0967: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Logistics Section Chief (2019)
- L0970: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Supply Unit Leader (2019)
- L0973: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Finance/Administration Section Chief (2019)
- L0975: NIMS ICS All-Hazards Finance/Administration Unit Leader (2019)
Hazardous Materials
- Hazardous Materials First Responder Awareness (2013)
- Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations (2013)
- Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations - Decontamination (2007)
Instructor and Evaluator Development
- Certification Examination Evaluator Training (2016)
- Employing Audiovisual Aids (2017)
- Ethical Leadership for Instructors (2018)
- Group Dynamics and Problem Solving (2017)
- Instructor: Live Fire Training - Acquired Structure (2018)
- Instructor: Live Fire Training - Fixed Facility (2018)
- Regional Instructor Orientation
- Techniques of Evaluation (2017)
Leadership and Management
- Fire Service Labor/Management Relations (2017)
- Incident Management of High Rise Fires (2017)
- Incident Management of Major Fires
- Incident Management of Special Operations
- Incident Management of the Fire Fighter Emergency (2016)
NWCG and California Specific
- Advanced All-Hazards Incident Management (2012)
- AH-221: Damage Inspection Specialist (DINS) (2018)
- AH-321: Damage Inspection Manager (DINM) (2018)
- AH-330: Strike Team/Task Force Leader – All Hazards (STEN/TFLD) (2017)
- CA-219: Wildland Firefighting - Firing Operations (2018)
- L-280: Followership to Leadership (2008)
- S-130: Firefighter Training (2020)
- S-131: Firefighter Type 1 (2020)
- S-190: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (2020)
- S-200: Initial Attack Incident Commander (2006)
- S-203: Introduction to Incident Information (2008)
- S-211: Portable Pumps and Water Use (2012)
- S-212: Wildland Fire Chainsaws (2012)
- S-215: Fire Operations in the Wildland Urban Interface (2013)
- S-230: Crew Boss (Single Resource) (2004)
- S-231: Engine Boss (Single Resource) (2004)
- S-236: Heavy Equipment Boss (2013)
- S-244: Field Observer (2007)
- S-245: Display Processor (2007)
- S-270: Basic Air Operations (2011)
- S-271: Helicopter Crewmember (2010)
- S-290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (2007)
- S-300: Extended Attack Incident Commander (2008)
- S-339: Division/Group Supervisor (2015)
- S-339AR: Division/Group Supervisor All Risk (2000)
- S-355: Ground Support Unit Leader (2000)
- S-358: Communications Unit Leader (2008)
- S-359: Medical Unit Leader (2000)
- S-390: Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculations (2007)
- S-404: Safety Officer (2013)
- S-430: Operations Section Chief (2006)
- S-430AR: Operations Section Chief All Risk (1999)
- S-440: Planning Section Chief (2001)
- S-445: Incident Training Specialist (2009)
Prevention
- Motion Picture/Television – Fire Safety Officer (2012)
- Outdoor Aerial Public Fireworks Display (2014)
- Proximate Audience Pyrotechnics (2011)
- Statutes and Regulations (2015)
Specialized
- Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Awareness
- Basic Emergency Vehicle Operations (1996)
- Basic Pump Operations (1993)
- Behavioral Health and Cancer Awareness 1A: Front-Line Responder (2020)
- Behavioral Health and Cancer Awareness 2A: First-Level Supervisor (2020)
- Behavioral Health and Cancer Awareness 3A: Organizational Leader (2020)
- Fire Control 1: Basic Fire Chemistry (1996)
- Fire Control 2: Basic Operations – Structural (1996)
- Fire Control 3: Structural Fire Fighting (2018)
- Fire Control 3A: Structural FF in Acquired Structures [Retires January 1, 2022]
- Fire Control 3B: Structural FF in Live-fire Simulators [Retires January 1, 2022]
- Fire Control 4: Controlling Ignitable Liquids and Gases (2015)
- Fire Control 5: Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (1988)
- Fire Control 6: Wildland Fire Fighting Essentials (1992)
- Fire Control 7: Wildland Fire Fighting
- Fire Fighter Survival (2010)
- Incident Safety Awareness for Hired Vendors (2018)
- Rapid Intervention Crew Operations (2011)
- Vehicle Extrication (2015)
Technical Rescue
- Animal Technical Rescue Awareness (2017)
- Animal Technical Rescue Technician (2017)
- Confined Space Rescue Awareness (2018)
- Confined Space Rescue Technician (2008)
- Low Angle Rope Rescue Operational (2007)
- Rescue Systems 1: Basic Rescue Skills (2010)
- Rescue Systems 2: Advanced Rescue Skills (2010)
- Rescue Systems 3: Structural Collapse Technician (2012)
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Rope Rescue Awareness/Operations (2017)
- Course Plan (PDF)
- CTS Guide (PDF)
- Implementation Plan (PDF)
- Training Record (PDF)
- Find an Approved Site (coming soon) - Rope Rescue Technician (2013) [Retires December 31, 2021]
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Rope Rescue Technician (2017)
- Course Plan (PDF)
- CTS Guide (PDF)
- Implementation Plan (PDF)
- Training Record (PDF)
- Find an Approved Site (coming soon) - Trench Rescue Technician (2014)
Water Rescue
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State Fire Training currently only publishes active curriculum. Retired curriculum can be made available upon request.