FIRE 122 - Firefighter Skills III

Credits: 4
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 22
Lab Hours: 44
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Continues the foundational knowledge and skills mastered in FIRE 121. Prepares the student for mastery of higher-level tactical skills and knowledge typically associated with truck company operations.

Prerequisite: FIRE 121 with a C or higher.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Effectively carry out complex hose evolutions over extended distances and elevations.
Create and manage effective fire streams in complex and arduous situations.
Provide effective fire control measures in defensive and offensive tactical settings.
Effectively attack interior structural fires as a member of and while leading a team.
Effectively attack pressurized gas cylinder fires.
Effectively attack liquid fuel fires.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Students will efficiently utilize tactical resources and effective methods of deployment in responding to a variety of emergency incidents.

Course Contents

Fire hose & appliances.
Firefighting evolutions.
Fire stream development.
Fire control.

Instructional Units: 5