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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
FIRE 202A | Title:
FIRE COMMAND 1A |
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Full Title:
Fire Command 1A |
Last Reviewed:8/1/1981 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 40.00 | 5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 200.00 |
Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 1 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 40.00 | | Contact Total | 200.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 400.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 600.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
P/NP Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Designed to develop the fireground command skills of all company officers. Provides information and experience in command and control techniques used at the scene of an emergency. Emphasizes decision making, the act of commanding.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 and completion of FIRE 75 (formerly FIRE 53) or equivalent.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Designed to develop the fireground command skills of all company officers. Provides information and experience in command & control techniques used at the scene of an emergency. Emphasizes decision making, the act of commanding.
(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 and completion of FIRE 75 (formerly FIRE 53) or equivalent.
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: | |
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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COURSE GOALS:
1. To provide the student with a basic understanding of the
role of the company officer in emergency situations.
2. To enable the student to apply the decision making process
to the deployment of manpower and equipment on the fireground.
3. To provide the student an opportunity to apply these skills
in a safe environment through the use of fire simulations.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. The student will identify the role of the company officer.
2. Describe in writing the psychology of command.
3. List and explain the basic divisions of firefighting
operations.
4. Analyze various simulated emergency situations
a. establish tactical objectives
b. apply either the simple or the complex decision model
c. apply the management and operational principles
required to bring the emergency under control.
Topics and Scope
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1. The Fireground officer
a. Scene management
b. Fireground safety
c. Pressures of command
2. Fire Behavior
a. Fire chemistry
b. Extinguishing agents
c. Fire behavior in structures
3. Fireground Resources
a. Local, state, and federal
b. Occupancy types and protection systems
c. Prefire planning
d. Estimating resource needs
4. Fireground Operations
a. Strategy and tactics
b. Role of first-in officer
c. Initial fire attack
5. Fireground Management
a. Decision making
b. MBO
c. Command and control
6. Emergency Simulation
a. Skull sessions
b. Simulator
Assignments:
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The student will:
1. Analyze and identify scene management and fireground safety.
2. Analyze and identify fireground operations (Tactics & Strategy)
and fireground management (Decision making, MBO, and Command
& Control).
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 | |
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% |
Performance exams | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 0 - 70% |
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:
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CFSTES MANUAL.
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