FIRTC 1Fire Emerg Services

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Introduction to fire protection. This course provides an overview to Fire Protection and EmergencyServices; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fireprotection; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protectionservices; fire department as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fireservice; fire service nomenclature; specific fire protection functions; basic fire chemistry andphysics; introduction to fire protection systems; introduction to fire strategy and tactics.