FRSC 1060 Fire Prevention, Preparedness, and Maintenance (2-2-3)

This course covers fire prevention, emergency scene preparedness, and tool and equipment maintenance. Topics include basic principles of building construction; water supply systems to include pressurized systems, rural water supplies, and alternative water supplies; principles of hydrant flow tests as part of water flow assessments for water supplies coming from pressurized hydrants; and fire detection, suppression, and suppression systems. Students will gain the knowledge needed to perform pre-incident plans for buildings. They will develop an understanding of how to select, clean, and maintain firefighting tools. Students will become familiar with hose lines, nozzles, and fire streams and how to perform hose line lays with the proper nozzles attached. They will learn to select the proper fire stream for the class of fire encountered on various types of fire scenes and how to perform service testing of fire hoses. Finally, this course will provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform fire investigations in order to determine the point of origin and the cause of a fires in structures.

Offered Fall and Spring

Prerequisite

Firefighter I national certification or successful completion of FRSC 1020 with a grade of C or higher, FRSC 1030 with a grade of C or higher, FRSC 1040 with a grade of C or higher, FRSC 1141 with a grade of C or higher