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.