Humber College offers Cert in Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training, a certificate in Fire, Justice & Security programme in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,205 per semester for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Fire, Justice & Security
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 5,205 / semester
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Humber’s Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training certificate program prepares you for the demands and rewards of a firefighting career. At the start of the program, you will learn about fire department operations and the equipment used on the job. You will then delve deeper into topics such a…
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The academic requirements below are Humber's Ontario baseline; an international applicant meets the equivalent standard for their own country of study through Humber's Academic Equivalency tool and then the same program requirements. Academic: an OSSD or accepted equivalent including Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U, or equivalent); either a Grade 12 mathematics course (MAP4C, MCT4C, MDM4U, MCB4U, MGA4U, MCV4U or MHF4U) or a Grade 11 C, M or U mathematics course (MBF3C, MCF3M or MCR3U); plus two further Grade 11 or 12 C, M or U courses. Mature-student status or college/university transfer status are accepted in place of the secondary-school route. Additional requirements, both submitted through the Applicant Portal: a one-page statement of interest of about 350 words on what draws you to firefighting and what you bring to it, and proof of valid Standard First Aid and CPR Level C certification. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident schooled abroad needs a credential assessment first - ICAS course-by-course for a secondary transcript, WES for post-secondary study. English, where English is not your first language or your previous education was in another language: Humber's certificate, diploma and advanced diploma band - IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with 20 per skill, PTE Academic 53-57, Duolingo 105, CAEL 60. In-program conditions to plan for: students must be clean-shaven to seal a self-contained breathing apparatus, following CSA Z94.4, and before the end of Semester 1 must pass an Encapsulated Treadmill Test administered by the Ontario Fire Administration - CAD 100, paid by the student, with a retest allowed. Passing that fitness evaluation is required to enter Semester 2.
Application Details
Start Date:This program admits in September and January only, and only domestic applicants are admitted. Read from its own Program Availability listing on 6 September 2026: domestic, September 2026 at North closed and January 2027 at North open; international, September 2026 and January 2027 both listed as not available. Delivery is block-based.
Application Deadline:These are Humber's institution-wide dates, not a deadline published for this program on its own. DOMESTIC (Canadian citizens, permanent residents and protected persons, applying at ontariocolleges.ca): applications for the next academic year open in early October and Humber may begin issuing offers from 1 November. An equal consideration date of 1 February applies each year to highly competitive programs - every application received on or before it is assessed together, and none of those offers goes out earlier. Apply after 1 February and you are considered first-come, first-served for whatever seats remain until the program closes. Fall-intake applicants must confirm their offer at ontariocolleges.ca by 1 May unless the offer letter names a later date. Waitlist places are held only until the fifth day of classes. INTERNATIONAL: apply on Humber's own web application, where no closing date is published - files are reviewed on a rolling, first-come basis from up to one year before the intended start term, and a program shuts once it fills. Apply early and allow three to five months for a study permit. Check this program's current availability on humber.ca or ontariocolleges.ca before applying.
