18 courses with the subject ESFF, 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.
ESFF 1000Introduction to Emergency Services4
Explores career opportunities and job requirements of fire and rescue emergency services. Discusses the various duties within emergency services, including structural fire fighting, wildland fire fighting, technical rescue, hazardous materials control, fire protection, fire investigations, and incident command. Explains the employment testing and selection processes of federal, state, municipal, and industrial emergency service organizations. Provides information, skills, and facilities to help students develop personal fitness plans in preparation for fire service physical ability testing.
Corequisite(s): ESFF 1210 Discusses the history and background of the fire service. Teaches terms, definitions, and concepts of NFPA 1001 Professional Qualifications for Firefighters Level I. Includes fire behavior, ventilation rescue, forcible entry, ladders, ropes and knots, self-contained breathing apparatus, firestreams, fire hose, salvage, overhaul, fire suppression techniques, communications, fire sprinklers, and fire inspection. Course fee of $20 for state services & testing applies.
ESFF 1120Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival3
Introduces the basic principles and history that relate to the 16 national firefighter life safety initiatives. Focuses on the need for cultural and behavioral change related to health and safety throughout the fire and emergency services profession. Develops professional written communication skills as well as introduces the basics of research.
Corequisite(s): ESFF 1010 Teaches basic manipulative skills according to NFPA 1001 Firefighter Professional Standards, Level 1. Includes using forcible entry tools, using self-contained breathing apparatus, tying knots and using ropes, handling salvage covers, utilizing hose nozzles and appliances, manipulating ladders, ventilation practices, search for and removal of victims, sprinkler operations, initiating emergency response, and safety procedures. Students are required to furnish their own approved firefighter safety clothing as follows: gloves, boots, helmet, and hood. Course fee of $95 for specialized clothing and materials applies.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 1010 or Departmental approval Teaches intermediate skills as described in NFPA 1001 Level II. Builds upon the basic skills taught in ESFF 1010 and introduces new skills and knowledge in water supplies, portable extinguisher practices, inspection techniques, and rescue operations. Course fee of $100 for specialized clothing and materials applies.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 1000 or department approval Addresses the Hazardous Materials First Responder requirements of NFPA 470 and 29 CFR 1910.120. Includes definitions and classes of hazardous materials; physiological and toxicological considerations; DOT, UN and NFPA 704 labeling and placarding systems; container types and container identification. Features incident size-up using the DOT Emergency Response Guide, use of personal protective equipment and decontamination procedures. Prepares the participant to certify at both the Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations levels. May be Graded Credit/No Credit.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 2500A, ESFF 2500B, and department approval. Provides an opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities learned in a realistic environment. Emphasizes work ethic, attitude, and abilities, while experiencing the fire service as a fully integrated member of a fire company in a career fire department. Establishes the importance of work ethic, attitude, and ability to adapt to highly stressful and sometimes dangerous situations. May be graded credit/no credit. Course lab fee of $200 for specialized clothing and materials applies.
Covers fire pump theory and operation, driving skills, regulations and laws, hydraulics, fire ground operations, specialty pumping, and apparatus maintenance and testing procedures. Meets or exceeds NFPA 1002 Professional Qualifications for Fire Apparatus Driver Operator - Pumper. May be Graded Credit/No Credit.
Covers driving, positioning, stabilizing, operating skills, fire ground strategy and tactics, emergency operations, and apparatus maintenance and testing procedures. Meets or exceeds NFPA 1002 Professional Qualifications for Fire Apparatus Driver Operator - Aerial. May be Graded Credit/No Credit. Course fee of $55 for transportation, state services & testing applies.
ESFF 2100Servant-Leadership for the Emergency Services3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1005 Explores the aspiring and current emergency services learner's desire to serve and relates it to the theoretical constructs and characteristics of servant leadership. Discusses the roles and responsibilities of leadership/followership, internal and external, associated with the emergency services. Develops basic leadership/followership traits, based upon the philosophy of servant leadership.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 1340 Teaches the knowledge requirements of NFPA 470, and CFR 1910.120 regulation for a Hazardous Materials Technician. Includes emergency response plans, classification of materials, ICS roles, personnel protective equipment needs, masks, containment and confinement concepts, decon requirements, termination concepts, toxicological and chemical terms and definitions. May be Graded Credit/No Credit.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 2410 Presents the manipulative skill requirements of NFPA 470, and CFR 1910.120 regulation for a Hazardous Materials Technician. Teaches handling simulated incidents, classifying materials, performing in ICS roles, using personnel protective equipment, containment and confinement operations, setting up and operating decon, diking, plugging, and patching operations. May be Graded Credit/No Credit. Course fee of $55 for specialized clothing, state services & testing applies.
Presents in-depth chemical information for hazardous materials responders. Teaches basic knowledge of how to evaluate potential hazards and behaviors of hazardous materials. Provides the underlying reasons for chemical reactions of hazardous materials. Includes decision-making abilities, safe operations, and handling. Course fee of $40 for specialized clothing, materials applies.
ESFF 2500AFirefighter Recruit Candidate Academy I8
Prerequisite(s): Matriculated into the Recruit Candidate Academy or Department approval Addresses the first part of the cognitive and psychomotor requirements of Firefighter I and Firefighter II certification. Includes basic firefighting topics and related skills, including fire behavior, building construction, personal protective equipment, tools, appliances, firefighter safety, forcible entry, and apparatus. Prepares students to certify at the Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II levels.
ESFF 2500BFirefighter Recruit Candidate Academy II8
Prerequisite(s): Matriculated into the Recruit Candidate Academy or Department approval Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESFF 2500A Addresses the second part of the cognitive and psychomotor requirements of Firefighter I, Firefighter II, and Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations certification. Includes basic firefighting topics and related skills. Addresses the Hazardous Materials First Responder requirements of NFPA 470 and 29 CFR 1910.120. Includes definitions, classes of hazardous materials, physiological and toxicological considerations, and labeling and placarding systems. Prepares students to certify at the Fire Fighter I, Fire Fighter II, and Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations levels.
For those with limited fire and emergency services training. Addresses the prerequisite knowledge and skills for technical rescue job performance. Applies the Incident Command System to the management of technical rescue operations, resources and hazards. Includes search and rescue techniques, victim care and extrication, and the use of ropes and rigging. Course fee of $70 for equipment, materials applies.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 1220 Includes analysis and simulation of problems such as wilderness search and rescue, still and swift water rescue, avalanche and mountain rescue. Discusses disaster planning and management as well as rescues from the work place and industrial settings. Course fee of $70 for specialized clothing, materials, and transportation applies.
Prerequisite(s): ESFF 1340; or departmental approval Meets the rope rescue job performance requirements of NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications. Addresses various types and configurations of rope rescue systems. Includes compound mechanical advantage systems, rescuer suspension systems, high-angle and vertical victim rescue systems, construction and operation of highline systems, and ascent/ decent procedures. Course fee of $70 for equipment, materials applies.
