Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
FRTI-0031
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
12 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 Fire Science, or Emergency Medical Services
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to develop the management skills needed by fire company officers (CO's) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the primary size-up factors and determine their impact on objectives and strategies
  • Develop a confinement action plan, an exposure protection action plan, develop a ventilation action plan, develop a rescue action plan, develop a water supply action plan, develop a salvage action plan, and develop a fire extinguishment action plan based on the incident presented using the command sequence cycle
  • Select appropriate rescue tactics based on identified rescue principles and tactical considerations
  • Understand the incident support activities that are necessary to promote safe fire-ground operations before, during, and after a fire
  • Identify the principles of water supply and tactics for establishing water supplies using municipal sources, static sources, and portable sources
  • Analyze the command sequence action planning cycle
  • Describe the procedures for deployment of a hose-line from a standpipe system

General Topics:

  • The analytical size-up process
  • Fire confinement, exposure protection, and fire extinguishment
  • Rescue, ventilation, support, and overhaul
  • Water supply, fixed fire protection systems, and salvage
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
Supplemental Materials