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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 Course will familiarize students with qualities and types of structures commonly encountered in Philadelphia: ordinary construction, wood frame, masonry, concrete, and steel frame. The course will identify the inherent strengths and weaknesses of building structural systems and building materials with regard to flammability, toxicity and emergency scene personnel deployment. In addition, the course will address newly developed construction techniques.
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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 This course provieds students with an understanding of the evolution of the fire service. They will examine historical precedents and the major responsibility of the fire service in preventing fire and establishing and maintaining safe environments. Analysis of fire prevention problems and the components of an effective fire prevention program are studied.
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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 This course provides students with an understanding of management as a theoretical as well as a practiced discipline. They will examine how management is practiced in various environments with particular emphasis on identifying and understanding the differences between public service institutions and private organizations with regard to public safety.
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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 This course provides students with the basic knowledge to recognize, identify, classify, and evaluate the dangers posed by hazardous materials. Students will learn to control hazardous materials emergencies by using the incident management model. Topics covered include: site safety and control; responder roles within the incident management system; related standards, laws, and regulations; evaluation of the properties of hazardous materials; container and environment evaluation; personal protective equipment; decontamination and termination procedures. This course prepares interested students of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Fire Service Hazardous Materials Awareness (NFPA#472 Standard) Certification Exam, that is proctored at the Philadelphia Fire Training Academy.
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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 This course will acquaint students with the theories of fire investigation, consistent with National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) protocols. Methodology of fire investigation, motives of arsonists, fuels, incendiary fires, explosions and auto fires will be discussed, as will the formulation and testing of a hypothesis with regard to the origin and cause of a fire.
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3.00 Credits
2-2-3 This course teaches students to create, maintain, modify and enact pre-fire plans regarding a variety of building occupancies and facilities. Using CAD technology, students learn to create graphic depictions of buildings and fire access routes, plot locations of fire standpipes and hydrants, charge emergency egress routes throughout building interiors, and plan for the deployment of firefighting equipment. Prerequisite: FSCI 111 or permission of Department Head.
Prerequisite:
FSCI 111 or permission of Department Head.
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0.00 Credits
Extended Time
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0.00 Credits
Released Time
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3.00 Credits
3-0-3 (Eff. FL21) This course introduces first-year students to ideas and strategies required for college-level academic inquiry and college success, including critical thinking, communication, cultural competence, problem-solving, data interpretation, and institutional knowledge. Students develop college preparedness skills such as time management, note taking, study methods, test taking, information literacy, and an understanding of academic integrity. Students apply critical thinking and communication skills to areas such as cultural diversity, media literacy and financial literacy and gain an understanding of campus and community resources. Students create an appropriate academic plan, financial plan, and career/transfer plan in the course of the semester. Students in degree programs requiring FYE 101 must enrollin the course within the first 12 credits.
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0.00 Credits
Extended Time
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