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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Course focuses on the work environment — its human, physical and environmental factors. Attention is given to achieving safety through hazard control; the laws of error; monitoring systems; accident analysis; promoting safety; OSHA; Workers’ Compensation, fi re prevention and fi re safety.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the nature of public and private fi re protection with an emphasis on analysis of systems of fi re detection, fi re alarm, fi re communications, water distribution networks, fi re service, hydraulics and fi re suppression. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and FIS 101 or permission of the section instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A course in hydraulic principles systems. Applications are related to fi re protection systems such as sprinklers, standpipes, hoses, nozzles, pumpers and water supply systems. Demonstrations illustrate and supplement the principles developed in class. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and FIS 101
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course is a review of the design, operation and maintenance of waterbased fi re protection equipment such as automatic, sprinkler, standpipe and water-spray systems. Students will perform basic system designs and mathematical calculations. Th e relationship of water-based suppression systems to specifi c hazards, model codes and fi refi ghting will be discussed. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and FIS 205
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the storage, transportation, and use of hazardous material with an emphasis on fl ammable liquids, gases, cryogenics, and radioactive materials. It includes a systems analysis of methods of prevention, detection, control and suppression of emergency situations. Case studies form the basis of the course. Critical parameters and characteristics of hazardous materials are defi ned and studied. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and FIS 101
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th e course focuses on satisfying the administrative needs of a student who is preparing for a career requiring a knowledge of the principles of fi re safety and the various laws that have been enacted to assure fi re safety in the workplace. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and FIS 106
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An introduction to operations research as it applies to model formulation in problems of management science, criminal justice, fi re science and public service systems. Several topics will be surveyed from an elementary point of view in order to develop an appreciation and understanding of a quantitative approach to the resolution of management-oriented problems. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and MAT 108 or MAT 141
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A review is made of building construction and building systems. Craft ing principles and plan reviews will be introduced. Th is introduction will expose the student to actual problems, as they exist in the fi eld. Fire ratings of building components will be studied and integrated with applicable building codes. Relationships between fi re protection and life safety will be reviewed. Smoke and fl ame travel will be studied to determine eff ective means of control. Modern high rise structures will be reviewed to determine the unique problems they present to life safety and fi re fi ghting. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and FIS 101 or permission of the section instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course provides an introduction to the science of ignition, spread and development of fi re, Th e theories of heat transfer, fl ame spread, fl ashover and smoke development will be studied. Computer models of fi re and smoke development/migration will be utilized. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and FIS 101
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An analysis of incendiary fi re investigation from the viewpoint of the fi eld investigator, with an emphasis on the value of various aids and techniques in the detection of arson, collection and preservation of evidence, investigation, interrogation, related laws of arson, court appearance and testimony. Th ere will be a discussion of case study illustrations. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and FIS 230
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