| FIRE 61H Low Angle Rope Rescue |
1.0 Unit |
This course is designed to equip the student with the information, techniques, and methods for utilizing rope, webbing, hardware friction devices, and litters in low-angle rescue situations. Topics include rope and related equipment, anchor systems, safety lines, stretcher lashing and rigging, mechanical advantage, and single-line and two-line rescue systems. This course is designed for the firefighter student with essential fire fighting
skills. Open to current Fire Academy students only. |
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| FIRE 61B Confined Space Awareness |
0.5 Unit |
| This course provides the firefighter student with the definitions and conditions that constitute a confined space situation. Information on how those conditions create hazards and impact the firefighter plus principles of confined space safety are featured. This course will not apply to the Associate degree. Eight lecture hours per week for one week. (No prerequisite. Credit/No Credit) This course may be taken again only with a grade of "D" or lower. |
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| FIRE 140A Fire Fighter Physical Agility Entrance ExaminationTechniques |
1.0 Unit |
(formerly FT 141)
This course is designed to prepare the student to take and successfully pass the entrance-level firefighter physical agility examination through physical conditioning and specificity training. Emphasis on physical conditioning and exercise. This course is open to current Fire Academy students only. |
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| FIRE 82D Hazardous Materials First Responder Operational Decontamination |
0.5 Unit |
| This course provides the student with the information and skills to safely and competently decontaminate people and equipment at a hazardous materials (haz mat) incident. California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) certified. Meets federal and state requirements as listed in 29 CFR 1910.120 (q), CCR 5192 (q), NFPA472. |
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| FIRE 63 Apparatus Driver/Operator lA |
1.5 Units |
(formerly FT 63)
This course is designed to provide the student with information on driver techniques for emergency vehicles and techniques of basic inspection and maintenance for emergency vehicles, including actual driving exercises under simulated emergency situations. Twenty-four lecture hours, sixteen laboratory hours per week for one week. (No prerequisite) This course may be taken three times. |
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| FIRE 64 Apparatus Driver/Operator lB |
1.5 Units |
(formerly FT 64)
This course is designed to provide the student with information on driver techniques for emergency vehicles and techniques of inspection, operation of fire pumps, including actual driving and pumping of water under simulated emergency exercises. Twenty-four lecture hours, sixteen laboratory hours per week for one week. (No prerequisite) This course may be taken three times. |
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| FIRE 66 Introduction to Incident Command, I-200 |
1.0 Unit |
(formerly FT 66)
This course provides an introduction to, and an overview of the Incident Command System and introduces the participants to the NIMS (National Interagency Incident Management System). Sixteen lecture hours per week for one week. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 82A Hazardous Materials First Responder Operational |
1.5 Units |
(formerly FT 80)
To provide participants who are likely first responders with the necessary awareness of safe and competent hazardous materials response techniques. Participants shall also be able to provide safe identification and assessment evaluation, as well as select safe containment and protective actions to mitigate the hazardous materials incident whenever safety and resource capabilities permit. Twenty-four hours of lecture total. Offered Fall, Spring. (No prerequisite) This course may be taken four times. |
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| FIRE 95 Basic Fire Academy 10.5 Units |
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(formerly FT 95)
Introduction to basic fire fighting theory and skills; study of the characteristics and behavior of fire; practice in fundamental fire suppression activities, with special attention on safety, first aid, and rescue procedures. Fourteen lecture hours, 26 laboratory hours per week for eight weeks. Offered Fall and Spring Semesters. (EMT, FIRE 61B, FIRE 66, and FIRE 82A) |
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| FIRE 100 Principles of Emergency Services |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 30)
Provides an introduction to fire protection; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fire protection; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting fire service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction
to fire protection systems and fire strategy and tactics. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. Offered Fall, Spring. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 101 Fundamentals of Fire Service Operations |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 31)
Provides the student with the fundamentals of fire department organization, management, and resources, and emphasizes the use of those resources to control various emergencies. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 102 Fire Prevention Technology |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 32)
This course provides fundamental information regarding the history and philosophy of fire prevention, organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau, use of fire codes, identification and correction of fire hazards, and the relationship of fire prevention with fire safety education and detection and suppression systems. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. Offered Fall, Spring. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 103 Fire Protection Equipment and Systems |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 35)
This course provides information relating to the features of design and operation of fire detection and alarm systems, heat and smoke control systems, special protection and sprinkler systems, water supply for fire protection and portable fire extinguishers. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 104 Fire Behavior and Combustion |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 37)
This course will study the theory and fundamentals of how and why fires start, spread, and are controlled; an in-depth study of fire chemistry and physics, fire characteristics of materials, extinguishing agents, and fire control techniques. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 105 Fire Apparatus and Equipment |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 39)
Fire apparatus design, specifications, and performance capabilities; effective utilization of apparatus in fire service emergencies. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 106 Fire Company Organization and Management |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 40)
Review of fire department organization, fire company organization, study of leadership and supervision with emphasis on communications, training, fire prevention, records and reports, and problem solving. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 107 Fire Investigation |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 41)
A study of the cause and origin of any and all types of fires (accidental, incendiary, and suspicious); and law relating to fire investigation. Recognizing, collecting, and preserving evidence, interviewing witnesses and suspects, arrest and detention procedures, court procedures and giving a testimony. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 108 Fire Hydraulics |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 43)
Review of applied mathematics; hydraulics laws as applied to the fire service; application of formulas and mental calculation to hydraulics and water supply problems. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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| FIRE 109 Wildland Fire Control |
3.0 Units |
(formerly FT 45)
A course designed to provide employed firemen or fire science majors with a fundamental knowledge of the factors affecting wildland fire prevention, fire behavior, and control techniques. Three lecture hours per week. CSU. (No prerequisite) |
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