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Apr 19, 2024
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FIRE 2360 - Occupational Safety & Health for Emergency Services (CSCC)
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: Acceptable placement score of completion of all Learning Support competencies in Reading and Writing.
Course Description:
This course introduces the basic concepts of occupational health and safety as it relates to emergency service organizations. Topics include risk evaluation and control procedures for emergency service organizations.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to: (Need no less than 3 and no more than 5)
- Identify occupational health and safety programs for industry and emergency services today.
- Describe the relevance for safety in the work place including the importance of PPE.
- Apply the knowledge of an effective safety plan to pre-incident planning, response, and training activities.
- Describe the responsibilities of individual responders, supervisors, safety officers, and incident commanders, safety program managers, safety committees and fire department managers as they relate to health and safety programs.
- Identify and analyze the major causes involved in line-of-duty firefighter deaths related to health, wellness, fitness and vehicle operations.
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