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Provides knowledge and application of written and oral communications found in business situations. Topics include writing fundamentals and speaking fundamentals. (Diploma level course) Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 5. (E)
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Focuses on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, including introductory use of a variety of research skills; explores the analysis of expository essays and creative nonfiction about issues in the humanities and in society. The course includes a review of grammar and stylistic usage in proofreading and editing, with emphasis on the rhetorical function of these mechanics. Topics include writing analysis and practice, revision, and research. (Associate degree level course) Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 5. (E)
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Develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENG 191, emphasizes interpretation and evaluation, and incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods; emphasizes the student's ability to read literature and literary criticism analytically and meaningfully and to communicate that information clearly. Students analyze, critically interpret, and evaluate the form and content of a range of literary texts and practice various strategies of writing. Topics include reading and analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama; advanced research methods; and writing about literature. (Associate degree level course) Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 5. (E)
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Emphasizes practical knowledge of technical communications techniques, procedures, and reporting formats used in industry and business. Topics include: reference use and research, device and process description, formal technical report writing, business correspondence, and oral technical report presentation. (Associate degree level course) Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 5. (T)
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This course is a survey of the philosophy and history of Fire Protection, loss of property and life by fire, review of municipal fire defenses and the organization and function of the federal, state, county, city and private fire protection. Includes introduction to: fire technology education and the firefighter selection process; fire protection career opportunities; public fire protection; chemistry and physics of fire; public and private support organizations; fire department resources, fire department administration; support functions; training, fire prevention; codes and ordinances; fire protection systems and equipment; emergency incident management; and emergency operations. Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab - 0. Credit hours: 5. (F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: Program Admission) This course provides the student with information on the applicable laws, policies, and standards that the Firefighter I course is designed, and how the course will be administered. This course will provide the student basic knowledge of where and how the fire service originated from the colonial periods to present day firefighting operations. The student will learn basic roles and responsibilities of a firefighter, how firefighters have to abide by and work from standard operating procedures and guidelines, and how the chain of command works and their position within it. The student will be provided the knowledge on how to communicate within the fire service; whether it with the fire station or on the fire ground. This course provides the emergency responder with basic principles and functions of the Incident Command System. The course will provide the necessary knowledge and skills to operate within the ICS and their role within the ICS at the fire station, at a non-emergency scene, and at emergency scenes. It will also provide the emergency responder with knowledge on how to perform basic skills at emergency scenes that deal with infection control, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic first aid measures, and using an AED. Finally, it will provide the emergency responder skills and knowledge on how to recognize the presence of and the potential for a hazardous materials release, and how and who personnel should call. Upon completion of this course the student emergency responder candidate/recruit will have the basic skills and knowledge to be able to obtain a certificate of completion or become certified through the appropriate governing agency for the following: Infection Control, CPR, First Aid, ICS-100, IS-700, NPQ - Hazardous Materials for First Responders Awareness Level. This course meets the requirements NFPA 1001 - Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications and all other state, local, and provincial occupational health and safety regulatory requirements. Contact hours: Class - 3, Lab - 2. Credit hours: 4. (F, Sp)
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6.00 Credits
This course provides the firefighter candidate/recruit with basic knowledge and skills to perform various fire ground operations as a firefighter on emergency scenes. The candidate/recruit will learn about safety during all phases of a firefighters career, the personal protective equipment that is required for training and every emergency response, and how to properly don it for use and doff it after use. The candidate/recruit will learn about the dynamics of fire through fire behavior and how to extinguish the different phases of fires with either portable fire extinguishers or through fire suppression attacks and techniques. The candidate/recruit will also learn the three tactical priorities of Life Safety, Incident Stabilization, and Property Conservation that have to be achieved on every fireground. Basic knowledge and skills will be provided to the candidate/recruit so they can achieve the tactical priorities through various fireground operations such as: response & size-up, forcible entry, ladders, search & rescue, ventilation, water supply, fire hose, fire nozzles, fire streams, salvage, and overhaul. Upon completion of this course the student emergency responder candidate/recruit will have the basic skills and knowledge to be able to obtain a certificate of completion or become certified through the appropriate governing agency for the following: Module I. This course meets the requirements NFPA 1001 - Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications and all other state, local, and provincial occupational health and safety regulatory requirements. Contact hours: Class - 3, Lab - 6. Credit hours: 6. (F, Sp)
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4.00 Credits
This course builds from the skills and knowledge in Module I and provides the knowledge and skills to support the fireground techniques learned in the previous courses. The firefighter will learn various uses of ropes & knots and how to hoist fire fighting tools and equipment. The firefighter will also gain the knowledge and skills of building construction principles that will be used throughout their firefighting career to identify building conditions such as: fire spread and travel, how and where to ventilate, indications of potential building collapse, etc. The firefighter will learn survival techniques that will be used throughout their career to help keep themselves safe and how to rescue themselves or another firefighter. Firefighter rehabilitation will be discussed during this course, so that the firefighter will know how and when to properly rehab themselves before, during, after an emergency response. Knowledge of fire suppression systems will be discussed, so that the firefighter will have a basic understanding of the components of a fire detection, protection, and suppression system. Basic cause determination will be discussed so that firefighters will be aware of observations during various phases of fireground operations. Finally to complete the Firefighter I program the firefighter will participate in the following "live fire" scenarios in order to complete the objectives ofthe program. Exterior Class A Fire, Interior Structure Attack - Above Grade Level, Interior Structure Attack - Below Grade Level, Vehicle Fire, Dumpster Fire. Upon completion of this course the student emergency responder candidate/recruit will have the basic skills and knowledge to be able to obtain a certificate of completion or become certified through the appropriate governing agency for the following: NPQ - Fire Fighter I. This course meets the requirements NFPA 1001 - Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications and all other state, local, and provincial occupational health and safety regulatory requirements. Contact hours: Class - 2, Lab - 4. Credit hours: 4. (F, Sp)
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Most structural fires, fire deaths and fire injuries occur in the home. This course addresses some of the most important responsibilities of the modern fire service; teaching the public to prevent or if needed, escape fires and related emergencies. We have adopted the approach that we must learn from each incident then put the information to work to prevent fires and fire losses through public fire and life safety education. Topics include: general requisite knowledge, administration, planning and development, education and implementation, and evaluation. Contact hours: Class - 5, Lab -0. Credit hours: 5. (W, Su)
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2.00 Credits
This course expands upon knowledge from FSC 102, 103, 104 and will emphasize pre-incident survey, maintenance and testing of various fire service tools and equipment, service testing of fire hose, and testing of fire hydrants for operability and flow. This is one of three courses designed to give the Fire Fighter 1 the knowledge and skills for testing at the NPQ FF-2 Level. Contact hours: Class - 2, Lab - 2. Credit hours: 3. (W, Su)
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