FAC 049 - Fire Control Operations, Structures (formerly FAC 4327)

(Formerly FAC 4327)

Advisory:It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and read college-level texts.

This course provides students with the cognitive and psychomotor skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. A review of basic firefighting tactics and strategy for occupancies such as dwellings and commercial, industrial, and special occupancies is included. Skills in hoseline handling, nozzle selection and use, flow path management, transitional attack, advanced victim search (V.E.I.S.) are also presented and practiced. Emphasis is placed on safety to personnel, and crew cohesiveness.