FFP 1302 - Fire Apparatus Operations

3 Credit Hours
(Offered as needed)

The curriculum covers the laws, rules and driving techniques for emergency vehicles, as well as an introduction to fire service hydraulics. Fire ground evolutions and pumping operations make up the practical part of the course. The evolution portion of the course includes the calculation of friction loss in hose and appliances, calculation of gallons per minute needed in fire streams, use of pre-connected lines, tandem pumping, drafting, relays and master streams.

* This college credit course is not intended for transfer and may not be applied toward the A.A. degree.