NFPA 1010, Standard on Professional Qualifications for Firefighters, integrates NFPA 1001, NFPA 1002, NFPA 1003, and NFPA 1005 into a single standard that establishes a common set of criteria for fireground personnel, including support person, Firefighter I, Firefighter II, airport firefighter, land-based marine firefighter, and apparatus driver/operator.
The 2024 edition includes:
- New “General Requirements” chapter
- New “Support Person” chapter
- Added requirements for professional development, continuing education, incident management systems (IMS), traffic incident management, and thermal imagers (TIs)
- Added definitions in Chapter 3
- Updated terminology related to fire apparatus and driver/operator
