Fire Executive Management BCIT/Industry Partnership Certificate - Part-time is a certificate in Business & Management programme offered by British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 500 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Business & Management
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 500 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Industry Partnership Certificate in Fire Executive Management will provide you with the business administration and management skills necessary to step into leadership and administration roles in BC’s Fire Departments. This program is designed to complement the technical training you already have acquired through your work experience as a firefighter. Completion of the program can help qualify you for positions such as Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, and other leadership or management positions with the first responder field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applications to this program are submitted only after approval by the applicant's sponsoring fire department, arranged by speaking with their Fire Chief, and are processed by BCIT's SoBM Business Administration Department once that sponsorship approval is granted; applications are accepted throughout the year. The stated entrance requirements are English language proficiency at BCIT's Category 2 level (English Studies 12 at 67%, or an institution-wide equivalent such as IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 86 with no section below 20, or PTE Academic 60 with no skill below 60) and approval from the applicant's Fire Chief or department to enrol. This program is not available to international students.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and April
Application Deadline:BCIT publishes common credential application dates for most cohort-based diplomas, degrees and Flexible Learning routes, though each program's own page governs: for the January 2027 intake domestic applications run 1 February 2026 to 2 January 2027 and international to 1 November 2026; for the April 2027 intake domestic runs 1 May 2026 to 1 April 2027 and international to 1 February 2027; for September 2027 domestic applications open 1 October 2026 and close 1 September 2027, international 2 July 2027. Openings are 9:00 am and deadlines 11:59 pm Pacific Time, moving to the next business day on a weekend. Admission is not institute-wide rolling, but many programs work first-qualified-first-accepted and can fill before the posted deadline, and several programs, mostly in Health Sciences, trades and graduate studies, run entirely separate application tables of their own. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.