Fire Fighter-1 Certificate of Achievement

Fire Fighter-1 Certificate of Achievement

 

Item 1: Program Goals and Objectives

The Certificate of Achievement in Fire Fighting will expand students understanding of fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling and extinguishing fires. The program will transfer to students seeking a Fire Science degree. 

Learning Outcomes of the Fire Fighter-1 Certificate: 

1. Understand and correctly apply appropriate communication protocols used in the fire service.  
2. Don and doff personal protective equipment properly and use self-contained breathing apparatus.
3. Demonstrate a force entry into a structure, exit a hazardous area safely as a team and connect to a water supply to extinguish fire.

Item 2: Catalog Description 

This program will train students to become a fire fighter. Students will be challenged both physically and mentally during this course. It will expand their understanding of fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling and extinguish fires. At the completion students will be equipped to continue a centuries old tradition of preserving lives and property threatened by fires. This program will transfer to students seeking a Fire Science degree. 

Item 3: Program Requirements 

• Maintain a 2.0 grade point average in Major Field courses.

Major field courses	Unit value	Sequence
FT 225A18   Fire Fighter Academy	18	Yr 1, Fall
FT 226A1     Fire Fighter Academy Skills	1	Yr 1, Spring

Required Core Total: 19 units

• Total units: 19units

 Proposed Sequence: 

• Year 1, Fall – 18units
• Year 1,Spring – 1unit

Item 5: Enrollment and Completer Projections

 As this is a new certificate, no historical data is available to assist in projection estimates.  However, through the Consortium partnership, they are roughly expecting 20-30 completers per year.  Given the increased Fire hazards in the state of California and the increased effort to train and recruit firefighters, more programs will be offered in this field to provide ongoing training for practitioners in the field.

Item 2: Catalog Description 

This program will train students to become a fire fighter. Students will be challenged both physically and mentally during this course. It will expand their understanding of fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling and extinguish fires. At the completion students will be equipped to continue a centuries old tradition of preserving lives and property threatened by fires. This program will transfer to students seeking a Fire Science degree. 

Item 1: Program Goals and Objectives

The Certificate of Achievement in Fire Fighting will expand students understanding of fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling and extinguishing fires. The program will transfer to students seeking a Fire Science degree. 

Learning Outcomes of the Fire Fighter-1 Certificate: 

1. Understand and correctly apply appropriate communication protocols used in the fire service.  
2. Don and doff personal protective equipment properly and use self-contained breathing apparatus.
3. Demonstrate a force entry into a structure, exit a hazardous area safely as a team and connect to a water supply to extinguish fire.

Narrative for Fire Fighter-1 Certificate of Achievement

 

Item 1: Program Goals and Objectives

The Certificate of Achievement in Fire Fighting will expand students understandingof fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling andextinguishing fires. The program will transfer to students seeking a FireScience degree.

Learning Outcomes of the Fire Fighter-1 Certificate: 

1. Understand and correctly apply appropriate communication protocols used in the fire service.  
2. Don and doff personal protective equipment properly and use self-contained breathing apparatus.
3. Demonstrate a force entry into a structure, exit a hazardous area safely as a team and connect to a water supply to extinguish fire.

Item 2: Catalog Description 

This program will train students to become a fire fighter. Students will be challenged both physically and mentally during this course. It will expand their understanding of fire suppression and various activities involved in controlling and extinguish fires. At the completion students will be equipped to continue a centuries old tradition of preserving lives and property threatened by fires. This program will transfer to students seeking a Fire Science degree. 

Item 3: Program Requirements 

• Maintain a 2.0 grade point average in Major Field courses.
  

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
FT 225A18	Fire Fighter Academy	18	Y1, Fall
FT 226A1	Fire Fighter Academy Skills	1	Y1, Spring

Required Core Total: 19 units

• Total units: 19units

 Proposed Sequence: 

• Year 1, Fall – 18units
• Year 1,Spring – 1unit
  

Ohlone College would be the single college in the South Bay area to provide the Fire Academy Certificate.

There two (2) community colleges in the Bay Region issuing 77 awards on average annually (last 3 years) on TOP 2133.50 - Fire Academy. There is one college (Los Medanos College) in the East Bay Sub-Region issuing one award on average annually (last 3 years) on this TOP code. No specific individual was contacted as these programs serve different regions of the Bay Area and Ohlone's program would be reaching students from the South Bay region.