FT 192    Wildland Fire Control    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: FT 300
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course covers fundamental components of wildland fire fighting. Firefighters requiring additional skills, experiences, and knowledge surrounding wildland fire will benefit. Also benefiting, are firefighters with primary and intermittent wildland responsibilities and those called into wildland fire situations and mutual aid response.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
M            07:00PM-10:05PM   LEC   L.Sperber            El Dorado EDC A105   31081

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, and fire departments as part of the local government. Additional topics include laws and regulations affecting the fire service, fire service nomenclature, specific fire protection functions, and basic fire chemistry and physics. This course is an introduction to fire strategy and tactics, and fire protection systems.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
W            06:50PM-09:55PM   LEC   M.Sanford            El Dorado EDC A105   30222

FT 498    Work Experience in Fire Technology    1-4 Units

Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC ; 54 hours LAB

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
W            05:30PM-06:20PM   LEC   S.Pender             El Dorado EDC A204   28488
TBA          TBA               LAB   S.Pender             El Dorado TBA       
3-9 hours TBA