NFPA 1001 gives fire fighters the knowledge they need to meet professional qualifications.

Updates and revisions in the NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, 2008 Edition identify the minimum job performance requirements for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature. Major changes in this edition also include a move of the minimum requirements from Fire Fighter II to Fire Fighter I for Competencies for First Responder at the Operational Level for Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents. This edition also includes the addition of a Skills Maintenance requirement. 22 pp.