10/25/2025 6:42:19 AM	FIRE 66 Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FIRE 66	Title:  WLDLND FIRE CONTR 1
Full Title:  Wildland Fire Control
Last Reviewed:9/22/1997

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

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

Catalog Description:

Cover all aspects of wildland fire prevention and control; resource preservation and utilization; manpower requirements and crew safety; various extinguishing agents and suppression methods; logistics and support activities.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Not open to students who have completed NRM 72 (formerly FOR 72).

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Covers all aspects of wildland fire prevention & control.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Not open to students who have completed NRM 72 (formerly FOR 72).
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
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:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Fall 2011
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:

  The students will:

 Develop and understand the overall wildland fire control

 problems, and the ability to function with in a fire control

 organization as a firefighter.

Topics and Scope

  1.  Fire Protection Organization in California.

 2.  Functions of the Protection Organization.

 3.  Suppression Organization.

 4.  Fire Behavior.

 5.  Extinguishing Agents.

 6.  Tactics.

 7.  Fire Organization.

 8.  Fire Safety.

 A MORE DETAILED OUTLINE AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

Assignments:

  The student will:

     1. Analyze an Urban Interface Wildland Fire and explain how the

        Incident Command System would be instituted.

     2. Explain in writing the firefighting survival techniques used

        in wildland firefighting.

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 0 - 10%
Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 10%
Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 10%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 70%
Multiple choice, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

  PRINCIPALS OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING by CDF.

 FIRE CONTROL HANDBOOK by California Dept. of Forestry.

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