Education

• Employers consider the successful completion of a bachelor's or associate's degree in fire science or fire engineering as the best preparation for an emergency fire specialist position, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some professionals possess an emergency medical technician certificate.
  
  

Training Features

• According to the bureau, new emergency fire specialists receive on-the-job training. Employees usually need one or two years of training alongside experienced firefighters, reports O*Net OnLine. Emergency fire specialists learn how to rescue victims from burning properties and accident sites, formulate corporate fire prevention and detection policies, assess fire situations using two-way radios and operate firefighting equipment.
  
  

Tools

• According to O*Net OnLine, emergency fire training sessions teach participants how to use tools and equipment such as block and tackle gear, bomb response vehicles, reciprocating power hacksaws and fire incident reporting systems.