11/3/2025 6:05:03 PM	FIRE 56 Course Outline as of Fall 1999	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FIRE 56	Title:  FIRE HYDRAULICS
Full Title:  Fire Hydraulics
Last Reviewed:12/12/2011

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		17.5 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:

Review of applied mathematics; hydraulics laws as applied to the fire service; application of formulas and mental calculation to hydraulics and water supply problems.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 and CSKLS 372 or equivalent or completion of Fire 71 (formerly FIRE 51).

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Review of applied math; hydraulics laws, formulas & mental calculation to hydraulics & water supply problems.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 and CSKLS 372 or equivalent or completion of Fire 71 (formerly FIRE 51).
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 2018
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:

  COURSE GOALS:  To enable the student:

     1. To list and identify principles of hydraulics while

        pumping through various discharge devices

        and various hose configurations.

        Demonstrate how to utilize the various

        kinds of water supplies.

     3. Identify the various types and sizes of hose streams

        and their uses.

     4. Demonstrate formulas using applied mathematics in elementary

        hydraulics.

     5. Identify various pumping situations, while considering velocity

        and rate of flow, friction loss, and nozzle pressure.

     6. Identify strengths and weaknesses in various water supplies

        and systems, and ISO grading.

     7. Demonstrate the use of fire streams and their ranges.

Topics and Scope

  1.  Applied Mathematics

        a. Multiplication and division

        b. Square root

        c. Elementary algebra

 2.  Principles of Hydraulics

        a. Velocity, rate of flow, and friction loss

        b. Nozzle and engine pressures

        c. Other hydraulics formulas

 3.  Water Sources

        a. Static and organic

        b. ISO specifications

 4.  Fire Streams

        a. Fog and spray

        b. Straight streams

 5.  Pumping

        a. Various hose layouts

        b. Sprinklers and standpipes

Assignments:

  The student will:

     1. Prepare, with a group, a written and oral analysis of an

        engine pressure requirement when pumping above or below the

        eye of the pump.

     2. Prepare, describe, and identify the design and capabilities of

        a new purchase or current fire apparatus pumper.

     3. Describe in writing current hydraulic technology from research

        of trade technical magazines and analyze the effects on the

        fire service.

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 10 - 30%
Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 20%
Homework problems, Field work, Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 20%
Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 60%
Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Pumping Apparatus, 7th Edit., Publ. IFSTA

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