Fire Prevention and Safety Technology Technician

A program focusing on the application of fire science and technology to problems of reducing fire risk, limiting loss, supervising substance removal, conducting safety inspections and investigations, and advising on matters of safety procedures and fire prevention policy. Includes instruction in fire behavior, fire simulation, structural risk assessment, materials analysis, detection and suppression systems, smoke management, supply and evacuation, public education, legal aspects of fire prevention, and related research and communications methods.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 142 institutions across the United States, with a total of 11122 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

1,586

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,681

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

7,810

awards given

Top Schools for Fire Prevention and Safety Technology Technician

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CA	1,383
2	Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA	636
3	San Antonio College San Antonio, TX	415
4	Victor Valley College Victorville, CA	411
5	Palomar College San Marcos, CA	393
6	Columbia College Sonora, CA	332
7	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	330
8	Sierra College Rocklin, CA	267
9	Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX	242
10	Oxnard College Oxnard, CA	238
11	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA	219
12	Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	217
13	Valencia College Orlando, FL	188
14	Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA	184
15	Las Positas College Livermore, CA	183
16	College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA	182
17	Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley, CA	175
18	Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA	173
19	Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA	126
20	Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA	123
21	Mission College Santa Clara, CA	123
22	City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	120
23	Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC	115
24	St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL	113
25	Fresno City College Fresno, CA	108
26	Dallas College Dallas, TX	108
27	Butte College Oroville, CA	96
28	Crafton Hills College Yucaipa, CA	93
29	Truckee Meadows Community College Reno, NV	91
30	College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL	90
31	Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA	90
32	Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL	90
33	Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	89
34	North Shore Community College Danvers, MA	87
35	San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA	84
36	Lake Superior College Duluth, MN	82
37	American River College Sacramento, CA	81
38	El Camino Community College District Torrance, CA	80
39	Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL	79
40	Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL	79
41	Glendale Community College Glendale, CA	79
42	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY	78
43	Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock, NC	73
44	Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC	69
45	University of New Haven West Haven, CT	69
46	Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL	69
47	Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA	66
48	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC	63
49	Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA	63
50	College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA	63
51	Reedley College Reedley, CA	60
52	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA	60
53	Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC	59
54	Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA	59
55	Cabrillo College Aptos, CA	57
56	Mitchell Community College Statesville, NC	56
57	Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC	54
58	Solano Community College Fairfield, CA	54
59	Yuba College Marysville, CA	51
60	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	51
61	Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, NC	51
62	Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA	51
63	Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC	49
64	Rogue Community College Grants Pass, OR	47
65	Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA	45
66	Lincoln Land Community College Springfield, IL	44
67	Weatherford College Weatherford, TX	42
68	Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC	39
69	College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	39
70	Lassen Community College Susanville, CA	39
71	Springfield Technical Community College Springfield, MA	36
72	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	35
73	Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL	35
74	Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX	35
75	Montgomery College Rockville, MD	34
76	Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC	33
77	College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA	33
78	Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	30
79	Gaston College Dallas, NC	30
80	Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA	30
81	Coastal Carolina Community College Jacksonville, NC	29
82	Merritt College Oakland, CA	28
83	West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA	28
84	Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA	27
85	Chabot College Hayward, CA	27
86	Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, MN	25
87	Miami Dade College Miami, FL	24
88	Passaic County Community College Paterson, NJ	24
89	Lanier Technical College Gainesville, GA	24
90	Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA	24
91	Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Jefferson, OH	24
92	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	24
93	Cisco College Cisco, TX	21
94	College of the Mainland Texas City, TX	18
95	Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA	18
96	Middlesex College Edison, NJ	18
97	Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers, FL	15
98	Camden County College Blackwood, NJ	15
99	College of the Siskiyous Weed, CA	15
100	Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC	15