Emergency Services - Fire Science and Safety

Program Overview

ECC's emergency services training programs prepare students for careers as firefighters, emergency dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians. The programs provide entry-level knowledge and skills in fire science, emergency medical services, and emergency dispatching, enabling graduates to obtain job-ready certifications. The curriculum includes courses in fire prevention, fire suppression, hazardous materials handling, and emergency medical care.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

ECC's emergency services training programs are designed to teach the fundamentals of several emergency services disciplines. Emergency services programs train firefighters, emergency dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians--basic and paramedic. These programs are designed to provide students with the entry level knowledge and skills to succeed in their chosen disciplines, including fire science and safety (FSS), emergency medical technician-basic (EMT-B), emergency medical technician-paramedic (EMT-P), and emergency dispatcher (PSC). Students acquire specialized knowledge and skills from current emergency services practitioners. Emergency services training programs also benefit veteran emergency services professionals needing to update their skills and education. All training received within ECC's emergency services training programs complies with local, state, and national certifying agencies; this enables graduates to obtain job-ready certifications.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of fire service routine non-emergency activities and operations.
• Identify, analyze, and apply proactive fire prevention and comprehensive community risk reduction programs, in order to provide safe and cost effective fire protection.
• Identify and analyze various types of building construction for adverse effects by fire, appropriate suppression methodology, and risk to firefighters.
• Identify and apply reactive fire, hazardous materials, and emergency medical services scene operations in order to provide safe and cost effective emergency services.
• Identify and apply contemporary fire service tactics and strategy in a reactive manner which supports safe and cost effective incident mitigation.
• Analyze and apply contemporary leadership, management, and administrative practices in emergency services.
• Identify and apply a comprehensive knowledge of fire service hydraulics to solve water supply problems for fire protection.
• Analyze contemporary approaches to fire detection and protection systems.
• Analyze and apply a comprehensive knowledge of emergency medical services at the Emergency Medical Technician, Basic level.
• Analyze and respond to contemporary emergency services legal concerns.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate in written and oral forms consistent with the requirements of contemporary emergency services.
• Identify and apply contemporary emergency service instructional methodologies.
• Create an understanding of the National Fire Academy FESHE recognized fire training program.

Outline:

First Semester

• FSS 101 Principles of Emergency Services (3)
• FSS 102 Fire Prevention (3)
• PSY 100 Intro to Psychology (3)
• ENG 101 English Composition I (3)
• Fire Science Elective (3)

Second Semester

• FSS 103 Bldg Const.
for Fire Prevention (3)
• FSS 204 Fire Protection Systems (3)
• FSS 276 Fire Behavior & Combustion (3)
• ENG 102 English Composition II (3)
• Required Math/Science Course (3)

Third Semester

• FSS 201 Fire Fighting Strategy & Tactics (3)
• FSS 202 Hazardous Materials Chemistry (3)
• FSS 281 Fire Safety & Survival Principles (3)
• CMS 101 Fundamentals of Speech (3)
• Fire Science Elective (3)

Fourth Semester

• FSS 203 Protect.
Hydraulics & Water Supply (3)
• FSS 214 Fire Service Instructor-Basic Level (3)
• Required Humanities/Fine Arts Course (3)
• Fire Science Elective (6)