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IMPORTANT REMINDER

11/6/2024

Cancer Awareness Training completion deadline December 1st, 2024

All TCFP regulated personnel must have completed and report their cancer awareness training no later than December 1st, 2024.

Failure to complete the Firefighter Cancer Support Network Cancer Awareness Training program before the required deadline will be considered a violation of continuing education rules found in Chapter 441 of this title (relating to Continuing Education).

Please contact your regional compliance officer if you have any questions or need assistance with completing the cancer awareness training requirement or reporting completion to us.

https://www.tcfp.texas.gov/services/compliance

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C&T Meeting November 13-14, 2024

11/5/2024

The Curriculum & Testing committee will be meeting at TCFP HQ in Austin on November 13-14, 2024. You can download a copy of the agenda from the calendar page.

Questions about the meeting? Please send an email to curriculum@tcfp.texas.gov.

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Rope Rescue Temporary Provision

10/2/2024

The "special temporary provision" for the new Rope Rescue certifications is now underway. Qualified individuals can take a state certification exam without first needing to take and pass an approved course.

You are eligible to take the TCFP exam for the awareness/operations level and/or the technician level if you meet the following qualifications:

1 – you must be certified by TCFP as a structural firefighter, an ARFF firefighter, or a Marine firefighter; and

2 – you must provide an affidavit from your Head of Department or Chief Training Officer that you meet your department’s requirements to perform as a rope rescuer and that you have demonstrated proficiency as a rope rescuer at the awareness/operations level and/or the technician level.

To qualify to take the state exam, you must submit your application to us no later than October 1, 2025.

The special temporary provision will expire on November 1, 2025.

Please see the rules in our standards manual (chapter 469) for more information. And if you have questions, send an email to testing@tcfp.texas.gov.

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