FRSC 1161 Fire Service Safety and Loss Control (3-0-3)
This course provides the necessary knowledge and skills for emergency responders to develop an understanding of occupational safety and health and to be able to develop safety programs. The course starts with an introduction to occupational safety and health and covers the history, national agencies that produce injury and fatality reports, and efforts undertaken to address safety and health problems in emergency service occupations. It includes a review of safety related regulations and standards and a discussion of how to implement the regulations and standards through risk management processes. The course includes lectures and discussions on pre-incident safety, safety at fire emergencies, safety at medical and rescue emergencies, safety at specialized incidents, and post-incident safety management. Program faculty will cover personnel roles and responsibilities so that students can gain knowledge on the relationship to the overall safety and health program by the different responding and administrative personnel at emergency scenes. The course also includes lectures and discussions on how to develop, manage, and evaluate safety programs in order to provide students with general knowledge and basic skills about occupational health and safety programs. Finally, program faculty will cover information management and various other special topics so that students can gain knowledge about the legal, ethical, and financial considerations that programs must deal with on a daily basis. Students will also learn how to collect and report data.
Prerequisite
Program admission