FIRE 2370 - Public Fire & Life Safety Education (WSCC)

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: Acceptable placement score or completion of all Learning Support competencies in Reading and Writing.

Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the public and/or fire service educator with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully perform as a fire and life safety educator as addressed in NFPA 1035. The topics include fire behavior, community assessment, injury prevention and juvenile fire-setting. The student will also develop presentation skills and learn how to formulate public education programs. An overview of the educator, manager, and administrator role will be presented.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Select appropriate fire and life safety instructional materials, given a subject, program objective, the intended audience, and related resources, so that the materials are appropriate to the audience and fire department-specific program objectives.
Present a prepared fire and life safety program, given lesson content, time allotments, and identified audience, so that fire department-specific program objectives are met.
Use multiple presentation methods when presenting prepared programs, given program objectives, time allotments, and a specified audience, so that the chosen presentation methods are used.
Document public fire and life safety educational programs, given appropriate forms or formats, so that all programs are recorded and each element of the form or format is addressed.