Fire Protection Technology (AAS) A55240

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.

Course work 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.

Graduates qualify for employment with fire departments, governmental agencies, industrial firms, insurance rating organizations and educational organizations. Employed persons should have opportunities for skilled and supervisory level positions within their current organizations.

Program Outcomes:

1. Analyze the history of the fire service and prevention and identify key events that have shaped present day fire protection.
2. Distinguish between the different types of extinguishing agents, fire protection systems, and their applications, as well as their utilization during an emergency response.
3. Examine the chemistry of combustion and hazardous materials and infer the best strategies and tactics to achieve objectives pertaining to incident priorities.
4. Compare and contrast the different types of building construction, their systems and features, and conclude how they impact fire protection.
5. Explain the laws and standards that effect emergency services by accurately describing and applying those laws and standards appropriately.
6. Illustrate the various aspects of fire prevention and their importance to life safety.
7. Apply basic management skills including; budgeting, risk management, accountability, supervision, occupational health and safety, public relations, and basic leadership strategies.
8. Demonstrate the ability to compose an incident action plan for various emergency and non-emergency events using the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and implement the appropriate strategies and tactics taking into account resources, accountability, and firefighter safety.
9. Analyze available water sources and the use of hydraulic principles in determining available flow, needed fire flow, pump discharge pressure, and other hydraulic calculations.

Number of Graduates By Term

Percentage of Students Retained or Graduated

2020FA – 2021SP
CCC – 70.62% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) – 85.11% of students were retained and/or graduated

2020FA – 2021FA
CCC – 59.02% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) – 68.09% of students were retained and/or graduated

2021FA – 2022SP
CCC – 72.72% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) – 78.95% of students were retained and/or graduated

Outcomes Assessment

Selected Outcome 1: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will distinguish between the different types of extinguishing agents, fire protection systems, and their applications, as well as their utilization during an emergency response. (A55240)

Selected Outcome 2: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will compare and contrast the different types of building construction, their systems, their features, and conclude how they impact fire protection. (A55240)

Selected Outcome 3: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will explain the laws and standards that effect emergency services by accurately describing and applying those laws and standards appropriately. (A55240)