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FIR 159 - Fundamentals of Firefighting IV


Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 0
Total Lab Hours: 90
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course provides information, skills, and fireground opportunities to further improve performance of the skills learned in Fundamentals I, II, and III.  The emphasis is now on leading a firefighting crew, and working synergistically to become safe and efficient.  Firefighter self-rescue and rapid intervention crew operations are also emphasized.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/face-to-face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Course Outcomes: 

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: 

  • Perform basic fire origin and fire cause investigations. 

  • Successfully implement Crew Resource Management on the fireground. 

  • Identify the need for specialized technical rescue services. 

  • Perform advanced automobile extrication skills. 

  • Demonstrate advanced capabilities as a firefighter in firefighting scenarios. 

Student Learning Outcomes: 

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: 

  • Identify the area of fire origin during a fire investigation. 

  • Given a simple fire investigation, identify the fire cause during a fire investigation. 

  • Demonstrate proper methods of preserving evidence of fire cause and origin. 

  • Effectively manage personnel resources in accordance with Crew Resource Management on the fireground. 

  • Effectively work through emergency scenarios involving firefighter self-rescue. 

  • Call a Mayday after experiencing a problem during firefighting operations. 

  • Perform controlled breathing during a firefighter emergency. 

  • Orient oneself using common structural landmarks when disoriented. 

  • Determine which direction leads to the outside after finding a lost hoseline. 

  • Locate a downed firefighter in a building. 

  • Protect a downed firefighter in a building during rescue operations. 

  • Breach a wall to access a downed firefighter. 

  • Rescue a firefighter from a lower level. 

  • Rescue a firefighter trapped under debris. 

  • Improvise to make a “RIT Pack” to use during firefighter rescue operations. 

  • Utilize a “RIT Pack” during firefighter rescue operations. 

  • Perform automobile extrication on an overturned vehicle. 

  • Perform automobile extrication on a vehicle in a ditch. 

  • Stablize and perform extrication on a vehicle on its side. 

  • Demonstrate the “Noah’s Ark” extrication technique. 

  • Perform automobile extrication on unusual vehicles. 

  • As part of a firefighting crew, deploy a supply line 300’ from a hydrant, then deploy one attack line flowing 100 gpm and one backup line flowing 200 gpm within 3 minutes. 

  • As part of a firefighting crew, establish a drafting operation at a minimum of 300 gpm from a portable tank with a fire engine within 5 minutes. 

  • As part of a firefighting crew, deploy a supply line 300’ from a hydrant, then deploy a monitor nozzle flowing a minimum of 500 gpm within 3 minutes. 

  • As part of a firefighting crew, deploy a 2½” hoseline with a gated wye to the third floor, then connect a 100’ high-rise pack, advance to the fourth floor, and flow water at a minimum of 100 gpm. 



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