Public Service Careers

Catalog description

This course introduces the public service areas of study: fire, EMS and law enforcement/criminal justice. The first third of the course will focus on the fire service, including the history, fireground operations and career options. The second third of the course will focus on EMS, including history, organization, relationship to fire and police fields, and allied health careers. The last third of the course will introduce law enforcement/criminal justice content, focusing primarily on history,operations and careers in the police department and criminal investigation fields. The course will use lecture, hands-on activities, field trips, speakers, basic first aid training and self-defense training as a way to impart the importance of these careers to maintaining public safety and wellbeing.