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2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook (Addendum 8/21/2026) 
  
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2026-2027 Catalog and Student Handbook (Addendum 8/21/2026)
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FST 100: Principles of Emergency Services

Credits: (3 cr.)

Provides an overview to fire protection; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fire protection/service; fire loss analysis; organization and function to public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry and physics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics.

Lecture Hours: Lecture 3 hours per week.


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