Program Learning Outcomes

1. Meet the minimum academic training requirements of the Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (Fire Fighter I)
2. Identify laws, regulations, codes and standards that influence fire department operations
3. Identify regulatory and advisory organizations that create laws and codes in the areas of fire prevention, building codes and ordinances, and firefighter health and safety
4. Analyze the cause of fire to determine extinguishing agents and methods
5. Differentiate between the stages of the fire and fire development and compare methods of heat transfer
6. Calculate flow requirements for fire apparatus
7. Apply mathematic formulae to hydraulics problems
8. Maintain fire apparatus and equipment
9. Identify the common types of building construction and conditions associated with structural collapse and firefighter safety
10. Use the Incident Command System to manage a wide variety of planned and un-planned incidents
11. Apply the principles of interpersonal communication, cooperative teamwork, supervision and management for leadership in the fire service