FT 110    Fire Apparatus    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course covers fire apparatus design, specifications and performance capabilities,. It also includes the effective utilization of apparatus in fire service emergencies.

Schedule: Eight Week - Second, Oct 18-Dec 12
TTh          06:00PM-09:10PM   LEC   P.Beckstrom          Off Campus McClellan  22773

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
W            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   P.Beckstrom          Off Campus McClellan  23371

FT 130    Fire Company Organization and Management    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course provides a review of fire department organization, planning, organizing and supervising to meet the needs of the fire department, with emphasis on the company officer's role.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
F            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   C.Hurley             Off Campus McClellan  23375

FT 170    Fire Investigation    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course includes determining the cause of fires (accidental, suspicious and incendiary); types of fires, related laws; introduction to incendiary fires; recognizing and preserving evidence; interviewing witnesses and suspects, arrest, detention, and court procedures.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
T            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   C.Mitchell           Off Campus McClellan  23373

FT 180    Rescue Practices    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course focuses on rescue problems and techniques, emergency rescue equipment; toxic gases, chemicals, diseases, and radiation hazards. Also included are the care of victims including emergency childbirth, respiration and resuscitation, extrication and other emergency conditions.

Schedule: Eight Week - First, Aug 23-Oct 17
TTh          06:00PM-09:10PM   LEC   D.Whitt              Off Campus McClellan  22275

FT 190    Fire Tactics and Strategy    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course includes principles of fire control through the utilization of manpower, equipment, and extinguishing agents on the fireground.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
M            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   K.Hubbard            Off Campus McClellan  23374

FT 300    Fire Protection Organization    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course provides an introduction to fire protection, career opportunities and related fire service fields. Topics include philosophy and history of fire protection, fire loss analysis, organization and function of public and private fire protection services, fire departments as part of local government, laws and regulations affecting the fire service, fire service nomenclature, specific fire protection functions, basic fire chemistry and physics, introduction to fire protection systems, and introduction to fire strategy and tactics.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
M            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.Romer              Off Campus McClellan  21308
T            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.Romer              Off Campus McClellan  21296

FT 302    Fire Protection Equipment and Systems    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: FIRE 1090 or FT 300.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course provides information relating to sprinkler design and the operation of fire detection and alarm systems. Topics include fire cause and effect, heat and smoke control systems, special protection and sprinkler systems, water supply for fire protection, standpipe systems, and portable fire extinguishers.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
W            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   H.Cooke              Off Campus McClellan  21309
Th           06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   H.Cooke              Off Campus McClellan  21297

FT 303    Building Construction for Fire Protection    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: FIRE 1090 or FT 300.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course is the study of the components of building construction that relate to fire safety. Specific focus is on elements of construction and the design of structures that are shown to be key factors when inspecting buildings, pre-planning fire operations and emergency operations at fires. Topics include wood, ordinary, steel, and concrete construction, principles of fire and smoke growth, and fire resistance construction.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
Th           09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   J.Carr               Off Campus McClellan  23979

FT 304    Fire Behavior and Combustion    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: FIRE 1090 or FT 300.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course provides the theories and fundamentals of how and why fires start, spread and are controlled. Topics include an in-depth study of fire chemistry and physics, fire characteristics of materials, extinguishing agents, and fire control techniques.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 23-Dec 18
W            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.McKenna             TBA TBA             21298
Th           06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.McKenna             TBA TBA             21299