St. Clair County Community College 2005-2006 Catalog
FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
Health and Human Services Department 810-989-5675
FST 101 Introduction to Fire Protection. The course provides an introduction to the philosophy and history of fire protection, the history of loss of life and property by fire, a review of municipal fire defenses, a study of the organization and function of federal, state, county and private fire protection agencies, and a survey of professional career opportunities.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 102 Introduction to Fire Prevention. This course continues to survey the organization and function of fire prevention organizations; the inspections themselves; surveying and mapping procedures; the recognition of fire hazards; the engineering of a solution to hazards; the enforcement of solutions, and public relations as affected by fire prevention.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture FST 103 Introduction to Fire Suppression. Aspects of fire suppression organization, equipment, and the characteristics and behaviors of fire are discussed and analyzed. Included is the study of fire hazard properties of ordinary materials, building design and construction, extinguishing agents, basic fire fighting tactics and public relations.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 104 Fire Fighting Equipment, Tactics and Strategy. This course provides for the study of fire fighting equipment and manpower, basic fire fighting tactics and strategies, preplanning fire problems, exposures, confinement, ventilation and salvage.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 110 Fire Protection Chemistry. This course will explore the chemistry of materials and their physical properties as these subjects relate to the fire services. Topics will include matter and energy; units of measurement; states of matter; chemical reactions; the processes of combustion; heat and its effect; fire extinguishment and foam agents.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 111 Incident Management for the Fire Service. This course will explore the incident management system, the functions of command, staging and sectorization, the missions of attack, search, backup, ventilation, exposure, extension, overhaul, salvage and rapid intervention, the importance of benchmarks. Emphasis is placed on the 'everyday' type of emergency response versus the 'Big One.'
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 112 The Legal Aspects of Public Fire Service. This course will inform the student of the present attitude of today's "suing society" and how it affects the public servant. The fire service is no longer exempt from lawsuits and this course uses actual case studies to prepare the firefighter to recognize and avoid potential legal problems.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 201 Fire Department Organization and Administration. Fire department organization and administration - personnel, communications, equipment, maintenance, training, financing, records and reports - are covered in this course.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture FST 202 Building Construction. This course explores and reviews important areas of building construction, with emphasis placed on fire protection concerns, in addition to related statutory and suggested guidelines of construction that are both local and national in scope.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 203 Hazardous Materials I. Material covered in this course includes the study of chemical characteristics and reactions related to storage, transportation, and handling of hazardous materials, for example: hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives, flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, flammable solids, cryogenic gases, and oxidizing agents. Emphasis is placed on emergency situations and mitigation of hazardous material incidents with an introduction to current regulations and standards.
Prerequisite: FST 110 or CHM 101
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 205 Hazardous Materials II. A continuation of FST 203. Hazardous materials studied will be plastics, corrosives, unstable materials, radioactive materials, explosives, toxic materials, and water/air reactive materials. Emphasis is placed on emergency situations and mitigation of hazardous material incidents.
Prerequisite: FST 203
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 207 Post-Fire Investigation. This course covers basic fire investigation techniques, including determination of cause and origin; collecting, preserving and presenting evidence; conducting interviews; preparing reports and courtroom behavior.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture
FST 208 The Firefighter at Risk. This course covers minimum standard requirements for a fire service occupational safety and health program. It also covers organization; training and education; vehicles and equipment; emergency operations; facilities safety, and medical and member assistance programs, in addition to the minimum criteria for emergency incident management.
Prerequisite: None
3 credits = 3 lecture