Chandler-Gilbert Community College Course Catalog and Student Handbook for the 2017-2018 year.
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Course Descriptions Chandler-Gilbert Community College Catalog and Student Handbook 2015-2016 For the most current information regarding course descriptions, log on to www.maricopa.edu/academic/ccta. 520 FSC134 / 3 CREDITS / 4.6 PERIODS FITNESS & CONDITIONING/ FIREFIGHTERS Overview of all aspects of fitness for current and prospective firefighters. Includes physical and mental aspects of performance for optimal achievement on fire department agility tests and fire fighting tasks; individual conditioning strategies, nutritional guidelines, protective clothing concepts, and basic exercise principles. Pre-employment, evaluation, and lifelong fitness and conditioning. Prerequisites: None. FSC148 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS FUNDAMENTALS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Emergency management systems including career opportunities, function, tasks and responsibilities of the emergency management program manager, role of the emergency manager in mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Past civil defense and current emergency management systems since evolution from World War II. Prerequisites: None. FSC202 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS SUPERVISORY TRAINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS Administrative methods applied to the fire service, departmental organization, and personnel management. Includes fire alarm signaling systems, fire service planning, and relationships with other city departments. Prerequisites: None. FSC204 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS FIREFIGHTING TACTICS AND STRATEGY Methods of coordinating personnel, equipment, and apparatus on the fireground. Practical methods of controlling and extinguishing structural and other types of fires. Includes simulation exercises. Prerequisites: FSC113, or permission of instructor, or equivalent. FSC205 / 3 CREDITS / 3 PERIODS COMMAND STRATEGIES FOR MAJOR EMERGENCIES Effective methods of managing major emergency incidents including multiple alarm structural fires, high rise fires, major brush fires, complex hazardous materials incidents and multi-casualty medical incidents. Includes incidents that require the commitment of resources based on a transitional situation and/or managing the effective interaction between numerous agencies to achieve control. Prerequisites: FSC204.