Courses
College Credit Courses
This course provides credit/contact hours toward the pursuit of the Fire Prevention Inspection Certificate Program as well as hours toward the Fire Science Technology degree program. This course deals with building construction as it relates to assault by fire and gravity. Considerable study and discussion will focus on how construction and the enforcement of codes and standards can influence fire spread, fire, confinement, and building collapse. Other areas of study include those of federal, state and local laws applicable to the fire service; review of Fire Codes and Standards of the National Fire Protection Association; the Fire Prevention Code of the American Insurance Association; and the role of the State Fire Marshal. Three contact hours. A.S., A.A.S.