Chabot College
Fall 2012
Course Outline for Physical Education 2FSC
FIRE SCIENCE CONDITIONING
Catalog Description:
2FSC – Fire Science Conditioning
1 Unit
This is a physical conditioning and lecture course designed to prepare the Fire Technology student for FT
89 and the Chabot Fire Academy. Additionally, students will receive instruction and information relevant
to the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT), and fitness and wellness principles specific to the Fire
Service. Course sessions will address aerobic and strength training, proper lifting, warm-up and flexibility
techniques, training principles and elements of wellness. Specific ladder technique, including the 24 foot
extension ladder, will be addressed and evaluated Classes will take place indoors and out and will include
ladder, knot and hydrant instruction as well as aerobic conditioning, muscular endurance and physical
agility tasks. Students will undergo physical assessment at the onset and conclusion of the semester.
Strongly suggested: students be able to run 1.5 miles and lift 30 pounds overhead prior to enrolling.
[Typical contact hours: 52.5]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate the complete 24 foot extension ladder evolution: lift, carry, place, pivot, extend,
retract and return, without safety failure, and including proper lifting technique and commands.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of fitness components and wellness issues relevant to the fire service.
3. Understand the physical and occupational demands of FT 89 and the Chabot College Fire
Academy.
4. Demonstrate competency with the 24 foot extension ladder: extension and retraction without
safety failure and including all commands.
5. Demonstrate competency with the 20 foot flat raise ladder without safety failure and including all
commands.
6. Demonstrate competency with the 24 foot ladder pivot maneuver, without safety failure and with
proper technique and body mechanics.
7. Demonstrate basic knot competency: square, bowline, overhand bend, clove hitch and figure
eight.
8. Demonstrate hose deployment methods involving preconnected handlines and hydrant
connection operations.
9. Demonstrate basic web strap/harness assembly skills relevant to low angle rescue, including
overhand bend, lark's foot (cow hitch), round turn, half hitch safety and square knots.
10. Demonstrate wildland hosepack carry through three (3) mile trek in simulated wilderness setting
according to USFS guidelines.
11. Compile and analyze a Food Diary complete with nutritional information.
Course Content (Lecture):
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Instruction in specific ladder evolutions
Basic knots instruction.
Principles of Physical Fitness
Basic nutrition with emphasis on exercise and recovery needs
Cardiovascular and other health risk factors in the Fire Service
Explanation and evaluation of physical assessment results.
Course Content (Laboratory):
1. Physical Assessments
2. Ladder evolutions
3. Knot tying
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Course Content for Physical Education 2FSC, Page 2
Fall 2012
4. Physical training
5. Hydrant evolutions
6. Wildland physical training
Methods of Presentation:
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Lecture
Demonstration
Discussion
Visual Presentation
Laboratory
Field trips
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical assignments
a. Completion of a sequence of physical tasks for time: knots.
b. Completion of an evolution of physical tasks for competency: ladder operations.
c. Completion of a series of physical tasks for efficiency, proper handling and safety: ladder
operations and ventilation simulation.
d. Completion of a set of physical tasks in a group scenario:hydrant charge and hose drag.
e. Food Diary
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Physical assessment by means of a timed activity: 1.5 mile run, push ups and sit ups.
b. Assessment of student ability to handle equipment properly in a pre-set time frame: 24 foot
ladder evolution, additional ladder evolutions.
c. Successful completion of a group-oriented sequence of physical tasks: charged 21/2" hose
pull.
d. Oral examination
e. Final examination
Text Book(s), Typical:
Firefighter Peer Fitness Trainer Reference Manual, Second Edition, 2008. IAFF/IAFC/ACE.
Special Student Materials
1. Appropriate Attire
2. Ten feet of cloth rope