6 courses with the subject FS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FS 3307Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
(3 hours) Provides an overview of the comprehensive approach to fire preven- tion within the community. Covers strategic planning and community programs as they relate to fire safety prevention and terrorist incidents. Explores the plan review process, code development, code enforcement, fire investigation, and evaluating prevention programs.
FS 4301Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection3
Examines the legal aspects of fire service and the political and social impacts of legal issues. Includes a review of the American legal system and in-depth coverage of legal and political issues involving employment and personnel matters.
FS 4303Fire and Emergency Services Administration3
Provides a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. The course demon- strates the importance of the following skills necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: persuasion and influence; accountable budgeting; anticipation of challenges; the need for change; and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems.
Examines the underlying principles involved in structural fire protection systems, building furnishings, and fire protection systems, including water-based fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, special hazard suppression systems, and smoke management systems.
FS 4307Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection3
Examines tools and techniques of rational decision making in fire and emergency service agencies, including data collection, statistics, prob- ability, decision analysis, utility modeling, resource allocation, and cost-benefit analysis.
Promotes the applied knowledge of fire prevention and fire protection within business and industrial environments. Included is an awareness of hazards such as smoking, housekeeping, electrical hazards, flammable materials, combustible liquids, flammable gases, welding, and cutting. College of Professional Studies 2022-23 Catalog | 117