2013-2014 Catalog 
    
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FSCI 101 - Principles of Emergency Services

Lecture - Lab - Credit Hours: 3-0-3
This course provides an overview to fire protection; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fire protection/services; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire services; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics.  This course meets the FESHE Guidelines for Principles of Emergency Services. Prerequisite: Placement into   ; or minimum grade “C” in one of the following:   and   ; or the EAP course sequence   ,   ,   and   ; or   ; and placement into   or higher, or minimum grade “C” in   .