College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1. Course ID and Number: FT-105
2. Course Title: Annual Fire Safety Refresher (RT-130B)
3. Check one of the following:
New Course (If the course constitutes a new learning experience for CR students, the course is new)
Updated/revised course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Should another course be inactivated?
No
Yes
Inactivation date:
Title of course to be inactivated:
4. If this is an update/revision of an existing course, provide explanation of and justification for changes to this
course. Be sure to explain the reasons for any changes to class size, unit value, and prerequisites/corequisites.
5. If any of the features listed below have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information
and proposed changes. If a feature is not changing, leave both the “old” and “new” fields blank.
FEATURES
OLD
NEW
Course Title
Catalog Description
(Please include complete text
of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
Select
Select
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
1. DATE: Jan. 13, 2009
2. DIVISION: Public Safety Center
3. COURSE ID AND NUMBER: FT-105
4. COURSE TITLE (appears in catalog and schedule of classes): ANNUAL FIRE SAFETY REFRESHER (RT-130b)
5. SHORT TITLE (appears on student transcripts; limited to 30 characters, including spaces): ANNUAL FIRE REFRESHER 2
6. LOCAL ID (TOPS): 2133.10
(Taxonomy of Program codes http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/AA/CP%20&%20CA3/TopTax6_rev_07.doc)
7. NATIONAL ID (CIP): 430203 (Classification of Instructional Program codes can be found in Appendix B of the TOPS code book
http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/AA/CP%20&%20CA3/TopTax6_rev_07.doc)
8. Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web address and paste
into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf] Course may fit more than one
discipline; identify all that apply): Fire Technology
9. FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Spring 2009
10. TOTAL UNITS:
.5
TOTAL HOURS: 9
[Lecture Units:
.5
Lab Units:
[Lecture Hours: 9
Lab Hours:
(1 unit lecture=18 hours; 1 unit lab=54 hours)
]
]
11. MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 50
12. WILL THIS COURSE HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FEE? No
Yes
Fee: $
(If “yes,” attach a completed “Instructional Materials Fee Request Form”—form available in Public Folders>Curriculum>Forms)
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
Pass/No Pass Only
Is this course a repeatable lab course: No
Yes
Grade-Pass/No Pass Option
If yes, how many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION -- The catalog description should clearly describe for students the scope of the course, its level, and what
kinds of student goals the course is designed to fulfill. The catalog description should begin with a sentence fragment.
This course is designed to provide annual fire safety refresher updates for individuals holding
Incident Command System qualifications assigned to incident support positions and primary
firefighting positions on or within the fire perimeter.
Special notes or advisories (e.g. field trips required, prior admission to special program required, etc.): Students enrolling
in this course must hold qualifications for Incident Command System positions assigned to incident
support positions and emergency hire contractors and operators. Prior to performing suppression duties
on or within the fire perimeter students are required to successfully complete FT104 (RT-130A) and FT105
(RT-130B).
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S)
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITE COURSE(S)
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
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Course(s):
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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES –This section answers the question “what will students be able to do as a result of taking this
course?” State some of the objectives in terms of specific, measurable student actions (e.g. discuss, identify, describe, analyze, construct,
compare, compose, display, report, select, etc.). For a more complete list of outcome verbs please see Public Folders>Curriculum>Help
Folder>SLO Language Chart. Each outcome should be numbered.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Describe and identify the principles of safety related to wildfire suppression.
Manage fire line safety for those visiting the fire line.
Describe the safety issues related to working in a fire base camp.
Manage fire line safety for those performing engine operations.
Manage fire line safety for those performing hand line construction activities on the fire line.
COURSE CONTENT –This section describes what the course is “about”—i.e. what it covers and what knowledge students will acquire
Each item should be numbered.
Concepts: What terms and ideas will students need to understand and be conversant with as they demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Situational Awareness
2. The 10 Standard Firefighting Orders: Keep informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts. Know what
your fire is doing at all times. Base all actions on current and expected behavior of the fire. Identify escape
routes and safety zones and make them known. Post lookouts when there is possible danger. Be alert. Keep
calm. Think clearly. Act decisively. Maintain prompt communications with your forces, your supervisor, and
adjoining forces. Give clear instructions and insure they are understood. Maintain control of your forces at
all times. Fight fire aggressively, having provided for safety first.
3. The 18 Watch Out Situations: Fire not scouted and sized up. In country not seen in daylight. Safety zones
and escape routes not identified. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior.
Uninformed on strategy, tactics, and hazards. Instructions and assignments not clear. No communication
link with crewmembers/supervisors. Constructing line without safe anchor point. Building fireline downhill
with fire below. Attempting frontal assault on fire. Unburned fuel between you and the fire. Cannot see
main fire, not in contact with anyone who can. On a hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below.
Weather is getting hotter and drier. Wind increases and/or changes direction. Getting frequent spot fires
across line. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult. Taking a nap near the fire line.
4. Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones
5. Entrapment avoidance and fire shelter use
6. Fatigue awareness
7. Proper radio system use and communication discipline
8. 2008 Incident Response Pocket Guide / Fireline Handbook review
9. Fire management policy updates
10. Hazard tree awareness
11. Personal protective gear
12. Common Denominators of Fatality Fires
13. Lessons Learned from fire fatalities
14. Extreme fire behavior strategy and tactics
15. Use of Pocket Cards
16. Look up, Look down, Look around (S-133)
17. Review Incident Complexity Analysis with all Type 3, 4, & 5 Incident Commanders. (Red Book Appendix M)
18. Code III Vehicle Operations (for emergency vehicle operators only)
19. Obtaining and Communicating Current Weather Condition and Forecast Information
20. Wildland Urban Interface Operating Principles
Issues: What primary tensions or problems inherent in the subject matter of the course will students engage?
1. Negative outcomes during wildfires such as fatalities and traumatic injuries.
Themes: What motifs, if any, are threaded throughout the course?
1. Firefighter safety.
2. Proper and effective communication.
3. Keeping current with policy updates.
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Skills: What abilities must students have in order to demonstrate course outcomes? (E.g. write clearly, use a scientific calculator, read
college-level texts, create a field notebook, safely use power tools, etc.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Deploy a fire shelter.
Participate in group exercises.
Use a radio.
Read and understand policy and manual updates.
Use of Pocket Cards.
Use of personal protective equipment
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES –This section provides examples of things students may do to engage the course
content (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending a field trip). These activities should relate
directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Listening to lectures.
2. Participating in discussions and/or group activities.
ASSESSMENT TASKS –This section describes assessments instructors may use to allow students opportunities to provide evidence of
achieving the Course Learning Outcomes.
Representative assessment tasks (These are examples of assessments instructors could use):
1. Deploy the fire shelter in a variety of terrains and conditions.
2. Demonstrate how to use a radio.
Required assessments for all sections (These are assessments that are required of all instructors of all sections at all
campuses/sites. Not all courses will have required assessments. Do not list here assessments that are listed as representative assessments
above.):
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS –This section lists example texts, not required texts.
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author NWCG Title
Incident Response Pocket Guide
Date
Current version
NFES 1077, PMS-461
Author NWCG Title
Your Fire Shelter
Date
Current version
NFES 1570, PMS-409
Author NWCG Title
Redbook
Author NWCG Title
Fireline Handbook
Date
Current version
Date
Current version
COURSE TYPES
1. Is the course part of a Chancellor’s Office approved CR Associate Degree?
No
NFES 0065, PMS-410-1
Yes
If yes, specify all program codes that apply. (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/ Curriculum/Degree
and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course for degree(s)
Restricted elective for degree (s)
Restricted electives are courses specifically listed (i.e. by name and number) as optional courses from which students
may choose to complete a specific number of units required for an approved degree.
2.
Is the course part of a Chancellor’s Office approved CR Certificate of Achievement?
No
Yes
If yes, specify all program codes that apply. ( Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/ Curriculum/Degree
and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course for certificate(s)
Restricted elective for certificate(s)
Restricted electives are courses specifically listed (i.e. by name and number) as optional courses from which students may
choose to complete a specific number of units required for an approved certificate.
3.
Is the course Stand Alone?
4.
Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
5.
Work Experience: NWE Not Coop Work Experience
6.
VATEA Funded Course (applies to vocational and tech-prep courses only):
7.
Purpose: I Occupational Ed
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
No
Yes
(If “No” is checked for BOTH #1 & #2 above, the course is stand alone)
yes
no
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8.
Accounting Method: PAC Positive Attendance/CR
9.
Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
CURRENT TRANSFERABILITY STATUS
This course is currently transferable to
Neither CSU nor UC
CSU as general elective credit
CSU as a specific course equivalent (see below)
If the course transfers as a specific course equivalent, give course number(s)/ title(s) of one or more currently-active,
equivalent lower division courses from CSU.
1. Course
, Campus
2. Course
, Campus
UC as general elective credit
UC as specific course equivalent
If the course transfers as a specific course equivalent, give course number(s)/ title(s) of one or more currently-active,
equivalent lower division courses from UC.
1. Course
, Campus
2. Course
, Campus
PROPOSED CSU TRANSFERABILITY (If course is currently CSU transferable, go to the next section):
None
General Elective Credit
Specific Course Equivalent (see below)
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give course number(s)/ title(s) of one or more currently-active,
equivalent lower division courses from CSU.
1. Course
, Campus
2. Course
, Campus
PROPOSED UC TRANSFERABILITY (If course is currently UC transferable, go to the next section):
None
General Elective Credit OR Specific Course Equivalent (see below)
If “General Elective Credit OR Specific Course Equivalent” box above is checked, give course number(s)/ title(s) of one
or more currently-active, equivalent lower division courses from UC.
1. Course
, Campus
2. Course
, Campus
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category:
CSU GE Category:
IGETC Category:
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
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PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
B. Science and Math
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign Language
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
Same as above
Submitted by: Mike Wells
Division Chair/Director: Mike Wells
Tel. Ext.
4331
Review Date: 10/3/08
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Academic Senate Approval Date: 2/6/9
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Yes
Date: 1.23.09
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 3.3.9
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Date: 10/3/08
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