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Staying licensed: the two-year clock and the duties beside it

A Texas fire alarm credential is issued for two years and carries obligations for every day of them. This chapter is the clock, the duties that run alongside it, and what happens when one of them is missed.

In this chapter

• +How the two-year renewal cycle works, and what the state must tell you before it ends
• +What it costs and what it takes to get a lapsed credential back — and the point past which you cannot
• +Which continuing duties run between renewals, and which one is voluntary despite what other states do