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FIRE PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE  |  CERTIFICATE  |  DIPLOMA

The Fire Protection Technology curriculum is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills in the technical, managerial, and leadership areas necessary for advancement within the fire protection community and related firefighting industries and to provide currently employed firefighters with knowledge and skills often required for promotional consideration.

 

Coursework includes diverse fire protection subject areas, including fire prevention and safety, public education, building construction, fire ground strategies and tactics, and local government finance and laws, as they apply to emergency services management.  Emphasis includes understanding fire characteristics and the structural consequences of fire; risk assessment and management; and relevant research, communications, and leadership methodologies.

 

What you will learn

  • Safely carry out fire prevention, fire suppression, and arson detection/investigation
    Instruct and supervise fire service personnel.
  • Work within the laws governing inspections, OSHA guidelines, code enforcement, and building construction.
  • Develop safe and effective strategies for fighting demonstrate an ability to predict fire dynamics and combustion fires, dealing with hazardous materials, and demonstrate an ability to predict fire dynamics and combustion.

Admissions
Entering or returning students may be required to take the placement tests for Math and English before enrolling; testing is done in Student Success by appointment. Students may be required to take one or more developmental English or Math courses before the required course(s), depending upon their SAT, ACT, COMPASS, or ASSET test scores.

Essential Functions and Technical Standards Requirements


Purpose Statement:

All students in the Fire Protection Technology (FIP) program are expected to meet certain essential functions/technical standards which are essential for successful completion of all phases of the program, and which reflect industry requirements and standards. The following technical standards represent the essential nonacademic requirements of the Fire Protection Technology Program that a student must master to successfully participate in the program and become employable. To verify the students’ ability to perform these essential functions, students may be required to demonstrate the technical standards/essential functions.


Meeting these technical standards does not guarantee employment in this field upon graduation. Ability to meet the program’s technical standards does not guarantee a student’s eligibility for any licensure, certification exam, or successful completion of the program.

 

Technical Standards
Definition of Standards
Examples
Communication skills Communicate effectively in both verbal and written form.

Speak and write clearly and distinctly in interacting with team members and instructors and preparing documents and written tests.


Provide and follow directions from other members of the class or instructors.


Demonstrate active listening skills.


Comprehension and understanding of spoken and written language to include complex medical terminology; inspection and OSHA codes in an accurate and expedient manner.


Ability to verbally and in writing report client data to the healthcare team and first responder personnel.
Critical Thinking Emphasize the development of problem-solving skills, analytical reasoning, and the ability to evaluate information effectively.

Receive, interpret, and correctly complete assignments (e.g.: reading, research, writing, and presentations).


Receive critical information and quickly synthesize a plan of action.


Creating a tactical plan of attack given a scenario for fire ground operations
Vision Visual ability sufficient to perform daily activities, including reading, driving, navigating spaces and engaging in visual tasks with the following components: visual acuity, color vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, visual processing.

Discern visual information provided in the classroom and in harsh and rapidly changing firefighting lab environments.

Ability to visually inspect equipment for reliability.
Motor skills

Must have manual dexterity in all limbs and the ability to reach above shoulder height and stand/walk for long periods of time


Must be able to have the strength to push, pull and lift as well as the strength and ability to carry, stoop, squat and bend.


Physical abilities are sufficient to move in one’s environment with ease and without restriction.

Ability to perform functions such as navigating field environments and maintaining balance on uneven surfaces


-Specific physical fitness requirements as well as height/weight specifications (by certain agencies)


Ability to lift and carry at least 250 pounds with a partner

Ability to stoop, bend, and work in confined areas for extensive periods


Tolerance for exposure to hazardous materials, extreme heat and smoke
Auditory Auditory skills are defined by the ability to perceive, process and interpret sounds.

Ability to listen, understand verbal instructions, and convey information.


Detect and recognize sound indicative of noise, traffic control, threats, criminal activities or emergencies.


Discern instructors and team direction in a classroom, and outdoor, harsh, dynamic lab environment.


Understand spoken words over a two-way radio and public address systems.


Detect audible emergency signals in a loud environment.


Review videos in the classroom, online, and lab environment.
Environmental Ability to tolerate environmental stressors.

Practice standard safety precautions.


Perform to standards in all varieties of environments, including but not limited to outdoor, cold, hot, dark, dangerous, loud, heights, confined and wet.
Emotional/Behavioral Emotional stability is sufficient to maintain composure in stressful situations and assume responsibility/accountability for actions.

Adapt rapidly to changing environments and/or stress.


Calmly receive feedback and interact with others.


Demonstrate honesty and integrity beyond reproach.


Demonstrate high levels of personal responsibility and accountability.
Tactile Skills Sense of touch and feel.

Discern various levels of heat in the surrounding environment, particularly when heat is rising to dangerous levels.


Detect movement and resistance when operating equipment.
Coping Skills Ability to maintain a state of harmony.

Solves personal and interpersonal problems.


Minimizes stress and conflict.


Balances internal needs and external demands.


Function and perform to standards in a simulated or actual rapidly changing, high-stress, dangerous environment.


Develop skills to become comfortable working in confined spaces and in constrictive clothing and masks.


Avoid the use of substances as a coping strategy.


Ask for help with stress before reaching personal limitations.

 

Alamance Community College is committed to providing equal educational opportunities for students with documented disabilities. Students who require accessibility services or reasonable accommodations must identify themselves as having a disability and provide current diagnostic documentation to the Accessibility Services Office located in the Main Building, Room 233. All information is confidential. Please contact the Accessibility Services Coordinator for more information at 336-506-4130 or email at accessibilityservices@alamancecc.edu and notify your course instructor of your special needs, as appropriate. Students should initiate this process as soon as possible (prior to the start of classes and/or field experience).

Questions? Contact Us.

Traci Holt
Department Head
Criminal Justice Technology and Fire Protection Technology
traci.holt@alamancecc.edu
336-506-4344

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