4/27/2024 2:35:19 AM	FIRE 208.4 Course Outline as of Fall 2017	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  FIRE 208.4	Title:  FIREFIGHTER 1 CAPSTONE
Full Title:  Firefighter 1 Capstone Training
Last Reviewed:5/8/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		6 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	8.75		2 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	8.75			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  P/NP Only
Repeatability:  21 - Legally Mandated Repetition
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

This course prepares students to meet the State Fire Training (SFT) requirements for Firefighter I (FFI) including the capstone knowledge and skills necessary to pass FFI. Upon successful completion, students will receive a pass letter from SFT and a FFI pass certificate from the college.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course prepares students to meet the State Fire Training (SFT) requirements for Firefighter I (FFI) including the capstone knowledge and skills necessary to pass FFI. Upon successful completion, students will receive a pass letter from SFT and a FFI pass certificate from the college.

(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:21 - Legally Mandated Repetition

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

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Identify the use of the appropriate firefighting tools, tactics and strategies for given

    firefighting situations

2.  Demonstrate and apply the use of fire department equipment through its selection for given

    firefighting skills

Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the Firefighter I certification track, test evaluation methods participation and capstone

    task book requirements

2. Describe the mission of the fire service and the role of the firefighter and the Standard

    Operating Procedures (SOP's), rule and regulations used by fire departments

3. Demonstrate the ability to don, use and doff Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and

    Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) in simulated emergency situations

4. Demonstrate the ability to inspect a SCBA and replace an SCBA air cylinder

5. Demonstrate the ability to respond and operate safely at an emergency scene following

    established procedures and wearing proper PPE

6. Demonstrate the ability to receive a phone call using established procedures, relay the

    appropriate information and initiate a response to a reported emergency

7. Demonstrate the ability to transmit and receive messages relaying accurate information using

    fire department radios

8. Demonstrate the ability to tie a knot appropriate for hoisting tools securely as directed

9. Demonstrate the ability to illuminate an area of an emergency scene using electrical and

    lighting equipment according to the manufactures and agency guidelines

10. Demonstrate the ability to clean and maintain a wide variety of fire department tools and

    equipment

11. Demonstrate the correct selection of a fire extinguisher for a given fire and the proper

    techniques for extinguishing a Class A, B or C fire

12. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a forward hose lay as a member of a team

13. Demonstrate the ability to deploy a portable tank and prepare for drafting operations

14. Demonstrate the ability to load, deploy and advance attack and supply hose

15. Demonstrate the ability to clean and maintain hose, mark defective hose, build hose rolls,

    replace burst hose sections and extend lines

16. Demonstrate the ability to secure (turn-off) all building utilities safely

17. Demonstrate the ability to lift, carry and raise an extension ladder single person

18. Demonstrate the ability to use forcible entry tools and equipment to force the opening of a

    door, window or wall

19. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a search and rescue of a civilian or firefighter with or

    without respiratory protection

20. Demonstrate the ability to activate an emergency call for assistance and exit a hazardous area

21. Demonstrate the ability to rescue a victim from an elevated location using a 24 foot ladder

22. Demonstrate the ability to conduct an interior fire attack as a member of a team, locating and

    controlling the fire

23. Demonstrate the ability to extinguish exterior fires in vehicles and in stacked and piled

    materials

24. Demonstrate the ability to operate a charged attack hose line from a ground ladder

25. Demonstrate the ability to deploy and operate a portable master stream

26. Demonstrate the ability to use horizontal and vertical ventilation techniques to ventilate a

    structure

27. Demonstrate the ability to correctly perform salvage operations in a room

28. Demonstrate the ability to remove water from the interior of a structure using correct salvage

    techniques

29. Demonstrate the ability to control the flow of water from a fire sprinkler system

30. Demonstrate the ability to overhaul a fire scene, extinguish hidden fires, and remove charred

    materials while protecting the area  of origin

31. Demonstrate the ability to secure a fire scene by covering building openings

32. Demonstrate the ability to don a wildfire personal protective ensemble and deploy a fire

    shelter using the lying down method

33. Demonstrate the ability to assume a safe position to perform a retardant drop

34. Demonstrate the ability to inspect, maintain and sharpen hand tools

35. Demonstrate the ability to assemble, use and maintain a backpack pump

36. Demonstrate the ability to ignite and extinguish road flares and fusses

37. Demonstrate the ability to assemble ignite, extinguish and disassemble a drip torch

38. Demonstrate the ability to use the Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG)

39. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a two person, 500 foot progressive hose lay

40. Demonstrate the ability to construct a fire line using handtools

41. Demonstrate the ability to perform a mobile pumping operation

42. Demonstrate the ability to prepare and defend a structure in the Wildland Urban Interface

    (WUI)

43. Demonstrate the ability to perform wet or dry mop-up operations

44. Demonstrate the ability to perform wildland patrol operations

45. Demonstrate the ability to identify hazardous materials and the correct PPE to be used by the

    responder

46. Demonstrate the ability to implement a planned response to a hazardous materials incident

47. Demonstrate the ability to perform control, containment and confinement operations to

    control a hazardous materials incident

48. Demonstrate the ability to perform emergency decontamination on an individual and large

    number of persons

Topics and Scope

I. Orientation and Administration

    A. Review of training facilities

    B. Review of course syllabus

         1. Objectives

         2. Requirements

         3. Methods of evaluation

         4. Participation requirements

II. Firefighter I Certification Test Process

    A. Written test

    B. Skills test

III. Capstone Task Book Process

IV. Firefighter I Skills Practice and Testing

    A. Mission of the fire service

         1. Role of the firefighter

         2. Use of SOP's and rule and regulations used by fire departments

    B. Use of PPE & SCBAs

         1. Donning and doffing PPE

         2. Donning and doffing SCBA's

         3. Inspecting a SCBA

         4. Replacing a SCBA air cylinder

    C. Responding to and operating at an emergency scene

         1. Use of PPE

         2. Department SOPs.

    D. Receiving emergency phone calls

         1. Department procedures

         2. Relaying pertinent information

         3. Initiating a response

    E. Radio use

         1. Transmitting messages

         2. Receiving messages

     F. Knots

         1. Bowline

         2, Clove hitch

         3. Figure eight in a bight

         4. Half-hitch

         5. Becket/sheet bend

         6. Safety knots

    G. Hoisting equipment

         1. Axes

         2. Pike poles

         3. Smoke ejectors

         4. Chain saws

         5. Hoselines

         6. Ground ladders

    H. Scene lighting

         1. Use of generators

         2. Light assemblies

         3. Power cords

         4. Ground fault interrupters

    I. Cleaning and maintain fire department tools and equipment

         1. Ladders

         2. Ventilation equipment

              a. Smoke ejectors

              b. Chain saws

         3. SCBA's

         4. Rope

         5. Salvage equipment

         6. Hand tools

              a. Axe

              b. Pike pole

              c. Halligan

    J. Fire extinguisher use

         1. Correct selection for the type of fire

         2. Effective operating distance

         3. Proper application

    K. Forward hose lay

    L. Portable tank operations

         1. Deploying portable tanks

         2. Use of hard suction for drafting operations

    M. Fire hose

          1. Use of attack lines

              a. Loading

              b. Deploying

              c. Advancing

         2. Loading supply hose

          3. Maintenance

              a. Cleaning hose

              b. Inspecting hose

              c. Identifying defective hose

         4. Building hose rolls

              a. Straight rolls

              b. Donut rolls

              c. Twin rolls

              d. Double donuts

         5. Replacing burst hose

         6. Extending hoselines

    N. Controlling building utilities

         1. Securing electrical power

         2. Securing gas connections

         3. Securing water supplies

    O. Deploying an extension ladder

         1. Lifting and carrying

         2. Footing and raising

         3. Checking for hazards and extending

         4. Adjusting climbing angle

         5. Lowering and stowing

    P. Conducting Forcible entry

         1. Selection of the point of entry

         2. Selection of the correct tool(s)

         3. Entering a window

         4. Entering a door

         5. Breaching a wall

    Q. Search and rescue

         1. Primary search and rescue of a victim with no respiratory protection

         2. Primary search and rescue of a firefighter with respiratory protection

         3. Lower a rescued victim down a ladder

         4. Making an emergency call and exiting a hazardous area

     R. Fire attack operations

         1. Interior fire attack as a member of a team

         2. Exterior fire attack as a member of a team

         3. Operating an attack line from a ladder

         4. Fire attack on a vehicle fire

         5.  Deploying and operating a portable master stream

    S. Ventilation

         1. Horizontal ventilation

          2. Vertical ventilation

    T. Salvage and Overhaul

         1. Salvage of a room and contents

         2. Water removal techniques from a structure

         3. Controlling the flow of water from a fire sprinkler

         4. Separation and removal of charred material while protecting the area of origin

         5. Covering Building openings

         6. Overhauling a fire scene

    U. Wildland PPE, safety and tools

         1. Donning wildfire PPE

         2. Deploying a fire shelter using the lying down method

         3. Assuming a safe position for a retardant drop

         4. Inspecting, maintaining and sharpening hand tools

         5. Assembling, use and maintenance of backpack pumps

         6. Igniting and extinguishing road flares and fusses

         7. Assembling, igniting, extinguishing and disassembling a drip torch

         8. Using the IRPG.

    V. Wildland suppression

          1. Conducting a two person, 500 foot progressive hose lay

         2. Constructing a fire line using hand tools

         3. Performing mobile pumping operations

         4. Prepare and defend a structure in the WUI

         5. Performing wet or dry mop-up operations

         6. Performing wildand patrol operations

    W. Identifying and planning a hazardous materials response

         1. Identifying hazardous materials, their potential hazards and appropriate PPE

         2. Implementing a planned response to a hazardous materials incident

    X. Performing hazardous materials control, containment and confinement activities

    Y. Hazardous materials decontamination activities

         1. Performing emergency decontamination

         2. Performing mass decontamination

Assignments:

1. Students are expected to spend a minimum of reading 2 hours of assigned materials prior to

    the first class session

2. Reviewing materials from the recommended text and handout materials

3. Practice and skills demonstration of core firefighting skills including SCBA's, ropes and

    knots, ladders, hose, fire streams, wildland firefighting and hazardous materials

4. Written exam

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 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 45 - 55%
Skills performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 45 - 55%
Written exam
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting. 6th ed. Fire Service Publications. Pearson. 2013

Fundamentals of Firefighting Skills. 3rd ed. International Association of Fire Chiefs, Jones and Bartlett. 2013

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