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Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist

Course Hours: 16.0 Hours

Course Description

This two-day course is based on the requirements of NFPA Standard 1035 pertaining to the Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist Level. This course empowers students with a broad understanding of the knowledge, skills, and abilities the Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist I should meet as requirements of NFPA Standard 1035 pertaining to youth firesetting. This course is for the practitioner who provides services at the program delivery level. The course covers the following: Review of the NFPA 1035 Standard for Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist ; The extent of the youth firesetting problem and justification for local youth firesetting prevention and intervention programs; Examination of the typologies of firesetting and the motivation behind firesetting behaviors; Identification, intake, screening, disposition, and follow-up; Youth firesetting educational interventions.

Prerequisites

Students must have or will have responsibilities related to developing, implementing, coordinating and/or managing a youth firesetting prevention and intervention program in their community. Students representing the fire service are encouraged to partner with other agencies for this training. Partners can include but are not limited to fire investigators, law enforcement, mental health, social services, juvenile justice or other stakeholders who can assist in building and maintaining programs in their communities.

Who Should Attend

This course should be attended by firefighters, law enforcement, fire investigators, law enforcement, mental health, social services juvenile justice officers.

Special Notes

The National Fire Academy does not utilize Social Security Numbers on their registration form; this form is in addition to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center application process. The National Fire Academy has transitioned to an online admissions application process and the online application can be found at (you may need to press Ctrl with your cursor over the link): 
https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx

The online application will open the day before the class and be open fourteen days after the class concludes.  Failure to turn in an application will result in not receiving credit for the course.
 
To obtain a SID: 

1. Register at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

2. Select "Need a FEMA SID?" on the right side of the screen. 

3. Follow the instructions to create your account. 

4. You will receive an email with your SID. Save this number in a secure location. Use the SID in place of the SSN.

Start Date End Date Location (Hover for more information) Time Course Number Status
02/04/2025 02/05/2025 GPSTC, FORSYTH 08:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m. FFAA25042 Register