Principles of Emergency Services (FS 100)
Term: 2024-2025 Academic Year Fall Term
Schedule
Tue-Thu, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM (9/16/2024 - 11/27/2024) Location: NC STEN 204
Description
This course provides an overview to fire protection and emergency services; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; culture and history of emergency services; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics; life safety initiatives.