Fire Safety and Civil Protection College is founded on April 1, 2002 on the basis of Fire Safety Technical School of State Fire and Rescue Service of Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia.
The Fire Safety and Civil Protection College (hereinafter – the College) is a state‑founded professional higher education institution under the authority of the State Fire and Rescue Service. The College’s strategic specialization is in the thematic field “Civil and Military Protection” (education program group – Fire Safety and Protection). The College implements study and applied research activities in accordance with the strategic specialization area.
The main directions of the Collage’s activities are as follows:
- development and implementation of short‑cycle professional higher education programs;
- preparation of students for work in the fields of fire safety, firefighting and rescue, civil protection, and the unified emergency call number 112.;
- providing an educational process that promotes students’ personal development and ensures the opportunity to acquire short-cycle professional higher education and fifth-level professional qualification;
- ensuring opportunities for students to prepare for continuing education to acquire first-cycle professional higher education and sixth-level professional qualification;
- implementation of professional further education and professional development education programs.