Program Overview

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University of Wolverhampton

BSc (Hons) Fire and Rescue

Overview

The BSc (Hons) Fire & Rescue degree is a vocationally focussed programme intended to prepare students for employment within the fire & rescue services and enhancing existing members of the emergency services career prospects and professional skills.

Award

BSc (Hons)

Start date(s)

15 September 2025

UCAS Code

HN12

Course specifications

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Course length

Part-time (6 years), Part-time Distance Learning (6 years), Full-time (3 years)

Campus location

University: City Campus, University: Online Distance Learning

School

School of Social Science and Humanities

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In this section

• Overview
• Entry Requirements
• Fees & Finance
• Modules
• Employability
• Facilities

Why choose this course?

100% for 'Academic Support' (NSS, 2024)

97% for 'Teaching on my course' (NSS, 2024)

The BSc (Hons) Fire & Rescue degree is a vocationally focussed programme intended to prepare students for employment within the fire & rescue services and enhancing existing members of the emergency services career prospects and professional skills. It will enable students to critically assess the operational requirements of industrial and local authority fire and rescue services through a problem-solving approach and present the outcomes in a structured and coherent manner.

What's unique about this course?

• This award is specifically and uniquely designed to equip students for a future career as a professional fire fighter.
• You are encouraged during the three years of study, to become a community safety volunteer, Young Firefighters Association (YFA) instructor or an on-call (retained) firefighter of a local fire and rescue service.
• This course enable students to critically assess the operational requirements of industrial and local authority fire and rescue services through a problem-solving approach and present the outcomes in a structured and coherent manner.

Course Modules

Year 1

• Fire Dynamics and Suppression
  • Module: 4FF002
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Fire Engineering Science
  • Module: 4FF007
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Fire Engineering Science Study Skills
  • Module: 4FF003
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Fire Risk Management
  • Module: 4FF006
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Introduction to Fire Leadership and Command
  • Module: 4FF005
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core
• Introduction to the Fire and Rescue Service
  • Module: 4FF004
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core

Year 2

• Community Safety and Social Policy
  • Module: 5FF008
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Emergency Planning
  • Module: 5FF009
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Fire Scene Investigation
  • Module: 5FF007
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Hazardous Materials and the Environment
  • Module: 5FF006
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Operational Fire Leadership and Command
  • Module: 5FF010
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core
• Specialist Fire and Rescue Services
  • Module: 5FF011
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 2
  • Type: Core

Year 3

• Fire and Rescue Project
  • Module: 6FF001
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Fire and Rescue Service Law
  • Module: 6FF010
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Fire Safety in the Built Environment
  • Module: 6FF011
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Interoperability and Collaboration
  • Module: 6FF013
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Operational Risk Management in the Fire and Rescue Service
  • Module: 6FF008
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core
• Strategic Fire Leadership and Command
  • Module: 6FF012
  • Credits: 20
  • Period: 3
  • Type: Core

Potential Career Paths

Successful completion of this award will equip you for a professional career in the fire and rescue services. You will be expected to engage in a series of highly relevant extra-curricular activities that will allow you to apply your knowledge to practical situations. In addition, all courses provide the academic background and scholarship necessary for postgraduate study at both Masters and Doctoral level.

Additional Information

Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

Developed in conjunction with UK Fire and Rescue Services, this vocational degree offers a well-balanced and highly relevant professional programme of study for students intending to seek a career in the fire and rescue services, in local authority fire and rescue services or in airports and industrial fire sectors. The degree contains a number of engineering and science, management and operational modules including fire engineering science, chemistry and leadership and command studies.

What skills will you gain?

As a graduate of this course you will be able to demonstrate:

1. Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to graduate employment within the fire and rescue services and related areas, for example aviation/commercial / industrial fire & rescue sector;
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts and theoretical positions that have been developed, or are developing, within the fire & rescue professions;
3. Demonstrate a critical and reflective approach to the academic and practical application of fire & rescue theories and practices;
4. Utilise a broad range of transferable skills, both personal and academic, enabling the individual to maximise graduate employment within the fire & rescue sector;
5. Build effective presentation, personal and social qualities to become a confident, digitally literate and enterprising graduate; and
6. Demonstrate a personal commitment to professional standards within the fire & rescue sector and recognise their obligations to the ‘profession’ and society.

Course Fees and Finance

Location	Mode	Fee	Year
Home	Full-time	£9250 per year
Home	Full-time	£9535 per year
Home	Part-time Distance Learning	£4625 per year
Home	Part-time Distance Learning	£4768 per year
Home	Part-time	£4625 per year#
Home	Part-time	£4768 per year#
International	Full-time	£14950 per year
International	Full-time	£15995 per year

Entry Requirements

Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points

• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)

Who accredits this course?

Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE)

Accredited by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirements for IFE membership.