4/26/2024 2:05:30 AM	FIRE 68 Course Outline as of Spring 2008	Inactive Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FIRE 68	Title:  PREPARED AND SAFE
Full Title:  Disaster Preparedness & Personal Safety
Last Reviewed:10/17/1991

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	0			Contact Total	0
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 0.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Disaster and emergency preparedness for the home, school and workplace. Hazard identification, survival behavior and risk reduction techniques for earthquake, fire, flood, windstorm, landslide, home accidents and neighborhood security.  Guidelines for organizing and training neighborhood emergency response teams in:  firefighting, search and rescue, physical and psychological first aid, care and shelter, communications, and damage assessment.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Provides basic skills in assessing fire dangers, handling common   fire situations in the home &/or industry; basic CPR & standard   first aid.  

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  Demonstrate the ability to identify and analyze common fire

 earthquake and accident hazards in the home and the workplace.

 Describe risk reduction techniques.

 Demonstrate the ability to safely flight a small fire.

 Select and test residential smoke detectors and other products.

 Write a family disaster plan.

 Demonstrate an understanding of City and County emergency organization

 and the role of the citizen and emergency response agencies.

 Identify and analyze appropriate response activities.

 Perform the appropriate basic rescue procedures.

 Perform CPR up to American Heart Assn. standards.

 Perform basic First Aid techniques  well enough to earn Amer. Red Cross

 Certification.  

Topics and Scope

  A.  Typical Hazards in CA Homes and Workplaces

 B.  Survival Behavior in Emergencies and Disasters

 C.  Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Self-Sufficiency

 D.  The Emergency and Disaster Response System

 E.  Emergency Response Teams in Neighborhoods and at Work

 F.  Community Recovery After a Disaster

 G.  First Aid and CPR Certification

        b. Fire and health danger assessment

        c. Evacuating premises

        d. Reporting emergency information

 4.  Fire Detection Devices

        a. Domestic

        b. Industrial

        c. Selection, use, and maintenance

 5.  Fundamental Rescue Procedures and Techniques

        a. Recognizing personal limitations

        b. Basic rescue/emergency procedures

        c. Basic rescue techniques

 6.  Basic CPR Certification

 7.  Standard First Aid Certification  

Assignments:

  The student will:

     1. Identify in writing what the limitations are of a typical

        citizen in a typical community with respect to emergecy and

        disaster response.

     2. Prepare in writing a Neighborhood Emergency Team proposal to a

        citizens group for their consideration.

     3. Participate in a Table Top Disaster Drill in the role of a

        neighborhood team leader.  Make appropriate decisions to save

        lives, reduce suffering and property damage, and communicate

        with government agencies.  

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 20%
Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 20%
Homework problems, Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 20%
Class performances, Field work, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 40 - 40%
Multiple choice
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

  STANDARD FIRST AID & PERSONAL SAFETY by American Red Cross.

 SONOMA COUNTY SAFETY N.E.T., A Program in Emergency Preparedness,

 Response and Recovery - Darlene LaMont

 EARTHQUAKE & PREPAREDNESS, Before, During, After - Earthquake

 Preparedness Society

 THE NEXT BIG EARTHQUAKE IN THE BAY AREA MAY COME SOONER THAN YOU THINK

 U.S. Geological Survey, 1990

 PEACE OF MIND IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY, How to Save Your Home and Life

 Peter Yanev, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1991  

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