Fall 2009 Class Schedule (ARC)

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 22-Dec 17
F            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   C.Hurley             Off Campus McClellan  15394
F            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   K.Hubbard            Off Campus McClellan  15394

FT 170    Fire Investigation    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: FT 300
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course introduces the general practices involved in fire investigation. Topics include determining the cause of fires (accidental, suspicious and incendiary); types of fires; related laws; introduction to incendiary fires; motives for starting fires; recognizing and preserving evidence; interviewing witnesses and suspects; arrest, detention, and court procedures.

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
T            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   C.Mitchell           Off Campus McClellan  15390

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 22-Oct 16
TTh          06:00PM-09:10PM   LEC   D.Whitt              Off Campus McClellan  13432

FT 190    Fire Tactics and Strategy    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: FT 300
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course of instruction is a basic requirement of all fire suppression personnel. Topics include the principles of fire control, utilization of staffing, equipment and placement, extinguishing agents, and fire control methods on the fireground.

Schedule: Eight Week - First, Aug 22-Oct 16
TTh          06:00PM-09:10PM   LEC   M.Ridley             Off Campus McClellan  31284

Schedule: Full Term, Aug 22-Dec 17
M            09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   K.Hubbard            Off Campus McClellan  15392

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 22-Dec 17
M            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.Romer              Off Campus McClellan  11640

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 22-Dec 17
W            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   H.Cooke              Off Campus McClellan  11642

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 22-Dec 17
Th           09:00AM-12:05PM   LEC   J.Carr               Off Campus McClellan  16112

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 22-Dec 17
W            06:00PM-09:05PM   LEC   M.McKenna             TBA TBA             11620

FT 310    Fire Service Hydraulics    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Advisory: FT 300 or FIRE 1090.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course provides information on obtaining water from various sources of supply, properly routing it through the pump, and discharging it through various devices with the proper pressures for fire suppression.

Schedule: Eight Week - Second, Oct 17-Dec 11
TTh          06:00PM-09:10PM   LEC   M.Ridley             Off Campus McClellan  31285