College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1. Course ID and Number: FT-106
2. Course Title: Firefighter Type I (S-131)
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
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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
106
4. COURSE TITLE (appears in catalog and schedule of classes): Firefighter Type 1 (NWCG S-131)
5. SHORT TITLE (appears on student transcripts; limited to 30 characters, including spaces):
6. LOCAL ID (TOPS):
2133.10 (Taxonomy of Program codes
Firefighter Type 1, S-131
http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/AA/CP%20&%20CA3/TopTax6_rev_07.doc)
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)
7. NATIONAL ID (CIP):
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: 40
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.
An interactive course in basic leadership skills and tactical decision making to meet the
qualifications for Firefighter 1. Topics include: use of fireline reference materials, communications, use
of maps, tactical decision making and leadership.
The student must
be a qualified Firefighter 2 to the standards of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Special notes or advisories (e.g. field trips required, prior admission to special program required, etc.):
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
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Course(s):
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Rationale for Corequisite:
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. Provide basic leadership skills using fireline reference tools to facilitate the
communication and tactical decision making processes.
2. Describe how to incorporate and maintain open lines of communication with appropriate personnel.
3. Apply the standard operating procedures found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide to provide leadership
and tactical decision making.
4. Using Incident Response Pocket Guide, demonstrate leadership and tactical decision-making procedures.
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. First level leadership skills; Sharpening communication skills, making sound tactical decisions,
coordinating with other resources, and being a leader.
2. Incident Response Guide and the Standard Operating Procedures for making tactical decisions (Report on
conditions, Briefing Checklist, Standard Fire Fighting Orders, Watch Out Situations, downhill/indirect line
construction, minimum impact suppression tactics, risk management.)
3. Fireline Handbook concepts (hand signals used when working with specific equipment, ground to air signals,
common responsibilities).
4. Lead Firefighters while performing firefighting tasks such as hand line construction and hose lay
deployments.
5. Oral and written communication techniques (brief others, debrief your actions, communicate hazards to
others, acknowledge messages and understand intent, and ask if you don’t know).
6. Conducting briefings
7. Unit Logs, General Message form, Incident Briefing form.
8. Using trigger points.
9. Situation awareness
Issues: What primary tensions or problems inherent in the subject matter of the course will students engage?
1. Difficulty in giving clear instructions, challenges in understanding instructions.
2. Ability to recognize trigger points and who establishes them.
3. Providing leadership to subordinates.
4. Following instructions.
5. Challenges in analyzing current and predicted information to form a situational awareness to complete
suppression tactics safely.
Themes: What motifs, if any, are threaded throughout the course?
1. Communicating the safe and effective deployment of assigned resources.
2. Decision making abilities while engaged in scenarios related to wildland firefighting.
3. Risk Management Process
4. Importance of documentation.
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. Effective Communication, orally, written and visual.
2. Documentation of actions
3. Effectively use the Incident Response Pocket Guide and Fireline Handbook
4. Risk Assessment
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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. Interacting in small groups
3. Using field guides and handbooks
4. Participating in simulated field exercises and/or using sand tables
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):
Students will be observed by instructors and rated on their:
1. Participation, interaction and communication skills working within small groups.
2. Ability to incorporate the use of reference materials (Fireline handbook, Incident Response Pocket Guide)
in group discussions and exercises.
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.):
1. Exams (questions in nature of multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank and multiple answers).
Minimum grade of 70% or higher on the final written test.
2. Skill demonstrations (conducting briefings, simulated field exercises using sand tables)
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
NFES 2791, S-131 Student Workbook
Date
current version
Author NWCG Title
NFES 2319, Firefighter Type 1 Position Task Book
Date
current version
Author NWCG Title
NFES 0065, Fireline Handbook
Date
current version
Author NWCG Title
NFES 1077, Incident Response Pocket Guide
Date
current version
Other Appropriate Readings: NWCG; NFES 1414, Wildland & Prescribed Fire Qualifications System Guide
COURSE TYPES
1.
Is the course part of a Chancellor’s Office approved CR Associate Degree?
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 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.
No
Yes
(If “No” is checked for BOTH #1 & #2 above, the course is stand alone)
Work Experience: NWE Not Coop Work Experience
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6.
VATEA Funded Course (applies to vocational and tech-prep courses only):
7.
Purpose: I Occupational Ed
8.
Accounting Method: PAC Positive Attendance/CR
9.
Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
yes
no
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:
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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
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)
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
E. Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
E2 – Self-Development
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
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Academic Senate Approval Date: 2/6/9
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Tel. Ext.
4540
Date: 10/3/08
Review Date: 4331
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Yes
Date: 1.23.09
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 3.3.9
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