Diploma in Fire Services is a diploma in Fire, Justice & Security programme taught at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 semester, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,477 per year.
This diploma is built as an integrated learning experience covering public fire services, private fire prevention work and insurance investigations. Core topics covered include fire prevention and the legal framework that shapes safety standards across the fire and life safety field, along with fire safety planning, emergency management, first responder emergency care, and fire suppression principles and practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This diploma is not currently accepting Level 1 students; the only pathway the page describes is advanced standing into Level 4, beginning January 2027, for graduates of a Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training programme (an Ontario College Certificate in a Pre-Service Firefighter Program). Conestoga graduates apply using the college's Advanced Standing Application form, while graduates of other institutions apply through Ontario Colleges, with final selection following an assessment of the stated admission requirements. Applicants holding transcripts from outside Canada require a course-by-course credential evaluation through an approved provider such as ICAS or WES, and applicants whose prior instruction was not in English must demonstrate proficiency; the page defers this to Conestoga's institution-wide scale of IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (no band under 5.5), TOEFL iBT 80 (no skill under 20), PTE Academic 53, CAEL 70 (writing at least 60), or Duolingo English Test 110. The page states no Level 1 academic course prerequisites, grade minimums, or physical/medical requirements, since Level 1 is not currently open.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
