FIRE SERVICE TACTICS AND STRATEGY I

3.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: FRSTK 110 with a grade of C or better or department approval. This course develops an understanding of the art and science of effective utilization of personnel, apparatus, equipment, and extinguishing agents on the fireground. Emphasis will be placed on pre-fire planning, size-up and organization of the fireground situation, firefighting operations (ventilation, operation of hose streams, overhauling) and post-fire analysis and study. Three lecture hours per week.