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Undergraduate Certificate in Fire Sciences

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Undergraduate Certificate

Courses Offered in FIRE SCIENCES

The following courses are available for your Associate's degree. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Specialized Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Fire Suppression Practices

  • This course provides you with a comprehensive initial introduction to suppression of structural fires. It introduces definitions, terminology, and a brief history of structural fire suppression. It also provides you with a basic knowledge of fire behavior, how and what materials burn, extinguishment systems, and basic methods of suppression.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Fire Brigade

  • An introduction to fire science with emphasis upon municipal fire services, fire defenses through prevention and the basic concepts of combustion and extinguishment defenses through prevention and the basic concepts of combustion and extinguishment.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Fire Hydraulics

  • This course introduces terminology and definitions, involved in fire service hydraulics. It helps you gain an understanding of the complexities involved in modern apparatus pumping and water delivery systems.

  • 6 Credits

Fire Suppression Practices

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Preparation
    Management tools
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Decision making
    Company operations
    Building construction
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Building collapse and scene safety
    Special situations and occupancies
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health care and high risk populations
    Commercial and industrial
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Technical operations
    After the incident

Introduction to fire brigade

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fire fighter qualifications and safety
    Standard operating procedures and guidelines
    Fire service communications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Incident management system
    Fire behavior
    Building construction
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Portable fire extinguishers
    Fire fighter tools equipment
    Ropes and knots
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Response and size up
    Forcible entry
    Ladders
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Search and rescue
    Ventilation
    Water supply
    Fire hose, nozzles, streams
    Foam
    Fire fighter survival
    Salvage and overhaul
    Fire fighter rehabilitation
    Fire suppression

Introduction to Fire Hydraulics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Principles of fire department hydraulics.
    Water tanks and hose capacity.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Water supply and testing procedures.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Discharge.
    Friction loss principles and application.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Required pump discharge pressure.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Unusual and complex problems.
    Relay operations.
    Fire ground hydraulics.
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