Fire Prevention Internship

This program focuses on preparing the student for their first career in the fire prevention bureau. This program will be completed in 4 semesters. The program includes educational opportunities for those employed within the fire service, as well as those within volunteer fire agencies. Courses include those required for transfer to four-year colleges, those required to meet eligibility requirements for employment, and those required for incentive salary increases and promotions. Fire Prevention is a dynamic public safety profession that requires a wide and ever-changing range of knowledge and skills. Areas of necessary knowledge include safety, fire behavior and suppression, rescue, emergency medical service delivery and operations, hazardous materials, building construction, detection and signaling systems and the incident command system.

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For the 2017-2018 Academic Year up until today, the program has awarded 83 Associate of Science degrees out of 405 to 420 major counts. With the industry recommendation of a Fire Prevention Internship Certification as a minimum requirement, the completer rate for this certificate will be much higher than completer rates for the A.S. degree alone.

In 2017-2019, the Fire Protection Technology program had enrollment of 16.9% female, 82.0% male, and 1.1% students of unknown gender. FPT enrollment consisted of:

3% African American students,

10% Asian students,

47% Hispanic students,

1% Pacific Islander/HI Native students,

29% White students,

6% multi-ethnic students, and

2% students of other or unknown ethnicity.

The age breakdown for 2018-19 enrollments in Fire Protection Technology revealed:

32% aged 17-19

42% aged 20 to 24

22% aged 25 to 34

4% aged 35 and older

The goal of this program is to provide a pathway to meet eligibility requirements for employment in Fire Prevention. Career opportunities include the following: fire inspector, fire investigator, fire prevention specialist, fire marshal, deputy fire marshal,, hazardous materials, and community education.

Required Courses                                                                19.5 - 32.5

FPT300A - Fire Prevention Internship Course 1                   3

AND

FPT300B - Fire Prevention Internship Course 2                   3

AND

FPT300C - Fire Prevention Internship Course 3                  3

AND

FPT300D - Fire Prevention Internship Course 4                  3

AND

FPT301 - Fire Inspector 1A Duties and

Administration                                                                       1.5

AND

FPT302 - Fire Inspector 1B: Fire and Life Safety                1.5

AND

FPT303 - Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection                    1.5

AND

FPT304 - Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection CA                1

AND

FPT055 - Fire Prevention Technology                                3

AND

WRK300FP - Occupational Work Experience for

Fire Prevention Internship                                                 12

OR

FPT301 - Fire Inspector 1A Duties and

Administration                                                                    1.5

AND

FPT302

FPT303 - Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection                       1.5

AND

FPT304 - Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection CA                 1

AND

FPT055 - Fire Prevention Technology                                   3

AND

WRK300FP - Occupational Work Experience for

Fire Prevention Internship                                                    12

OR

FPT301 - Fire Inspector 1A Duties and

Administration                                                                         1.5

AND

FPT302 - Fire Inspector 1B: Fire and Life Safety                   1.5

AND

FPT303 - Fire Inspector 1C: Field Inspection                         1.5

AND

FPT304 - Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection CA                     1

AND

WRK302 - Work Experience Occupational                                8

AND

FPT055 - Fire Prevention Technology                                       3

AND

FPT056 - Hazardous Materials Technology                              3

Total Credits 19.5 - 32.5

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
FPT055 FPT300A FPT301 WRK302	Fire Prevention TechnologyFire Prevention Internship Course 1 Fire Inspector 1A Duties Administration Work Experience Occupational	3 3 1.5 2	S1
FPT300B FPT302 WRK300FP WRK302	Fire Prevention Internship Course 2Fire Inspector 1B: Fire and Life SafetyOccupational Work Experience for Fire Prevention InternshipWork Experience Occupational	3 1.5 3 2	S2
FPT300C FPT303 WRK300FP WRK302	Fire Prevention Internship Course 3Fire Inspector 1C: Field InspectionOccupational Work Experience for Fire Prevention InternshipWork Experience Occupational	3 1.5 3 2	S3
FPT300D FPT304 WRK300FP FPT056OR WRK302	Fire Prevention Internship Course 4Fire Inspector 1D: Field Inspection CAOccupational Work Experience for Fire Prevention InternshipHazardous Materials TechnologyOR Work Experience Occupational	3 1 3 3 2	S4

This program includes educational opportunities for those employed within the fire service, as well as those within volunteer fire agencies. Courses include those required for transfer to four-year.

Mission College is the only community college in Santa Clara County that offers a Fire Protection Technology Program and Degree. As such we will be the only program that offers this certificate in this county. In addition, this is the only program and certificate that is offered in the state of California.