FFP 1702 - Principles of Emergency Services

3 Credit Hours
(Fall, Spring, Summer)

This course provides an overview to fire protection; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fire protection/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.

Prerequisite(s): FFP 0010 and FFP 0020