Loyalist College offers Cert in Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training, a certificate in Fire, Justice & Security programme in Belleville, Canada. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 11,100 per semester for local students.
*All fees are subject to change. Fees for programs shorter or longer than two semesters will be adjusted accordingly. In addition to the costs listed above, some programs also have program ancillary fees based on their specific requirements. For a detailed breakdown of tuition and ancillary fees – including any program-specific charges – please visit the Tuition and fee schedule 2025–26.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, with courses at the general, advanced, (C), (U) or (M) level, including Grade 12 English at the (C) or (U) level and Grade 11 Mathematics at the (C), (M) or (U) level or equivalent, or admission as a mature applicant. The programme page sets no language score of its own and defers to Loyalist's institution-wide requirement for Certificate/Diploma/Advanced Diploma programs applies: TOEFL 550 (paper-based) or 80 iBT with no section below 20, IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 6.0, CAEL overall 60 with a writing score of 60, Cambridge English C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency, Duolingo English Test 105 or above with no band below 90, or Oxford ELLT 6. Students must be clean-shaven to achieve a proper seal with a self-contained breathing apparatus; must pass the York University Fitness Evaluation (or equivalent) before the end of semester one, at the student's expense if a re-test is needed; need minimum 20/30 uncorrected vision with no significant colour deficiency, or sign a letter acknowledging fire-department requirements if this is not met; and must hold valid Standard First Aid and CPR-C (HCP) certificates on admission.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026 (Loyalist's own page describes this loosely as "early October"), the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027 - particularly important for competitive programmes - and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain; offers must be accepted by 1 May 2027 with a tuition deposit due in June 2027. International applicants apply directly through Loyalist's International Application Service or an agent and are assessed on a rolling, individual basis; the college publishes no fixed international closing date, and each Letter of Acceptance states its own accept-and-pay deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
