Fire Protection Technology (AAS) A55240

The Fire Protection Technology curriculum is designed to provide individuals with technical and professional knowledge to make decisions regarding fire protection for both public and private sectors. It also provides a sound foundation for continuous higher learning in fire protection, administration, and management.

Coursework includes classroom and laboratory experiences to introduce the student to various aspects of fire protection. Students will learn technical and administrative skills such as hydraulics, hazardous materials, arson investigation, fire protection safety, fire suppression management, law, and codes.

Graduates qualify for employment or advancement in governmental agencies, industrial firms, insurance rating organizations, educational organizations, and municipal fire departments. Employed persons should have opportunities for skilled and supervisory level positions within their current organizations.

Program Outcomes:

1. Analyze the history of the fire service and prevention and identify key events that have shaped present day fire protection.
2. Distinguish between the different types of extinguishing agents, fire protection systems, and their applications, as well as their utilization during an emergency response.
3. Examine the chemistry of combustion and hazardous materials and infer the best strategies and tactics to achieve objectives pertaining to incident priorities.
4. Compare and contrast the different types of building construction, their systems and features, and conclude how they impact fire protection.
5. Explain the laws and standards that effect emergency services by accurately describing and applying those laws and standards appropriately.
6. Illustrate the various aspects of fire prevention and their importance to life safety.
7. Apply basic management skills including; budgeting, risk management, accountability, supervision, occupational health and safety, public relations, and basic leadership strategies.
8. Demonstrate the ability to compose an incident action plan for various emergency and non-emergency events using the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and implement the appropriate strategies and tactics taking into account resources, accountability, and firefighter safety.
9. Analyze available water sources and the use of hydraulic principles in determining available flow, needed fire flow, pump discharge pressure, and other hydraulic calculations.

Number of Graduates By Term

Percentage of Students Retained or Graduated

2020FA - 2021SP
CCC - 70.62% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) - 85.11% of students were retained and/or graduated

2020FA - 2021FA
CCC - 59.02% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) - 68.09% of students were retained and/or graduated

2021FA - 2022SP
CCC - 72.72% of students were retained and/or graduated
Fire Protection Technology (AAS) - 78.95% of students were retained and/or graduated

Outcomes Assessment

Selected Outcome 1: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will distinguish between the different types of extinguishing agents, fire protection systems, and their applications, as well as their utilization during an emergency response. (A55240)

Selected Outcome 2: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will compare and contrast the different types of building construction, their systems, their features, and conclude how they impact fire protection. (A55240)

Selected Outcome 3: In the spring semester, 80% of students in the Fire Protection Technology program will explain the laws and standards that effect emergency services by accurately describing and applying those laws and standards appropriately. (A55240)