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Program/Unit Reviewed: Fire Technology
Self-Study Chair: Darryl Cleveland
Division: Technical Sciences
Year of Last PUR: 2010-2011
Dean: Jim New
Year of next PUR: 2015-2016
Program/Unit Mission Statement: Fire Technology program prepares students for entry-level
positions and career advancement at regional and national firefighting agencies through training that
adheres to national and state certification standards.
The Description of the Degree(s)/Emphasis(s)/Certificate(s) for your PUR area are listed below. Please review for
accuracy.
Description of Degree/Emphasis/Certificates:
AAS Fire Science Technology Degree: The fire technology degree is designed for individuals who wish
to advance their careers in firefighting or fire prevention. Students completing the Fire and Rescue
Academy may also apply their academy credits toward completion of this degree. For those interested
in a career in fire prevention or fire suppression systems, we recommend this degree with additional
certificate courses in fire suppression systems.
SECTION I
The Outcomes and Measures listed below were retrieved from Degree/Emphasis or Certificate submissions provided by
your area to CAP and approved. Please review the outcomes to ensure accuracy or submit changes to CAP via the
Degree, Emphasis, Certificate (DEC) Revisions form located on the CAP Resources web page. Ifyour area is scheduled
for a PUR in the nearfuture, please plan on reporting assessment efforts around these learning outcomes when you
participate in your PUR.
Fire Science Certificate of Achievement Goals/Outcomes:
• Learn about the different theaters of firefighting and prevention.
• Identify and properly use the different equipment needed in the different theaters of
firefighting.
AAS Fire Science Degree Goals/Outcomes:
• Define the All Hazards approach and inter-disciplinary relationships in the modern emergency
service environment.
• Describe the elements and governmental levels of the National Response Framework specific
to the Incident Command System (ICS), National Incident Management System (NIMS),
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) functions, and through practical application, the
principles of emergency mitigation, response and recovery.
•
Identify and define the physical, mental, interpersonal and leadership aspects that have
resulted from the multifaceted evolution of the emergency services professions and the ability
to function cohesively amongst diverse ethnicities and backgrounds of people within the
services and communities.
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SECTION II
The following recommendations and strategies were identified in your most recent Program/Unit Review.
Please respond to the strategies by including the status, actions taken to respond to the strategy, projected
timeline, and if resources are anticipated to fulfill the strategy.
Timeline:
Unit Strategy #1
Status: choose
Complete
12/2013
Streamline the degree/emphases relationship; continue working
on the articulation of a 4-year deqree.
Action: The Fire Technology AAS degree was revised and approved by the CAP in December of 2013. The revised
degree modernizes the curriculum and discipline content. The degree also now articulates into the new BAS
degree in Emergency Management/Homeland Security offered at TMCC in Fall of2016.
Anticipated Resources Needed: No additional Resource needs at this time.
Unit Strategy #2
Status: choose
Timeline:
Spring2014
Improve recruitment strategies and develop strategies to address Ongoing
onward
the Jack of completions in the Fire Science Technology Certificate Complete
of Achievement.
Action: Recruitment and enrollment increases have been realized since the fire academy was changed to a part
time offering in the Spring of 2014. This change has more than tripled enrollments in the fire academy. More
students are also seeking the new AAS degree over the certificate of achievement and the program will be
evaluating the efficacy ofretaining the certificate program.
Anticipated Resources Needed: No additional resources needed at this time.
Unit Strategy #3
Status: choose
Timeline:
Ongoing
2015
Develop a clear plan for course and program assessment.
onward
Generate an assessment calendar and specify the person
responsible for completion.
Action: This is an ongoing strategy. The program is undergoing a PUR this Fall of 2015 and this component
should be identified within the PUR. The person responsible for accomplishing/managing the CAR process will be
the Program Director, Darryl Cleveland
Anticipated Resources Needed: N/A
Time line:
Status: choose
Unit Strategy #4
Ongoing
Ongoing
Rekindle the effort to gather and analyze post-completion
objectives (transfer, job placement, etc.).
Action: This will be an ongoing strategy. Once our students graduate from the program, they either enter the
workforce or move to other areas where they may obtain employment in the fire service. This is a somewhat
difficult data set to realize with the transient nature of the graduates once their goal is achieved. We will seek
methods and mechanisms to improve upon this for data collection in future years through the 2015 PUR.
Anticipated Resources Needed: NIA
Timeline:
Unit Strategy #s
Status: choose
Ongoing
Ongoing
Explicitly identify the resource needs, especially those affecting
student safety issues.
Action: The program is continually reviewing and analyzing any safety issues specific to the fire academy. The
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program over the past couple ofyears has moved away from purchasing and issuing turnout safety gear due to
the exorbitant cost of maintain the equipment and complying with newfederal standards. The program now
exclusively utilizes a turnout rental program far students to obtain the necessary and serviceable equipment at
student cost. The program also continually ensures fixed equipment and apparatus are maintained in a safe,
serviceable condition with qualified instructor operators.
Anticipated Resources Needed: No additional at this time beyond our current operating budget.
Timeline:
Unit Strategy #6
Status: choose
Ongoing
Explore additional revenue streams, including offering Continuing Ongoing
Education Units to established professionals.
Action: This strategy is ongoing through the efforts of our wild/and workshop program. This is a self-supporting
program that has undergone substantial revision and re-building over the past couple of years. The program
has improved upon course offerings, qualified instructors of good repute, and quality oversight and
management between the program coordinator and the program director. This program is again successful
and profitable for the department and a positive enhancement to the professional firefighting community
that we serve.
Anticipated Resources Needed: N/A
Unit Strategy #7
Provide documentation of feedback from advisory board.
Status: choose
Ongoing
Timeline:
Ongoing
Action: The fire advisory committee has been separated from the EMS committee so that both mayfocus an
discipline specific issues. This has proven very effective and more efficient for all involved. Our advisory
committee is very active and supportive throughout the region with participation from every major fire
service agency in our region. The committee meets twice annually.
Anticipated Resources Needed: NIA
APR I REV: 5/2014
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(OPTIONAL- Fill out only if adding new Unit Strategies)
Please include any newlv identified strategies for the Program/Unit. Please respond to the strategies by
including the status, actions taken to respond to the strategy, projected timeline, and if resources are
needed to fulfill the strategy. If there are no new strategies, please leave this blank and no signatures are
required.
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Other
Timeline: Date range
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Anticipated Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Other
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Anticipated Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Unit Strategies: New
Status: choose
Ongoing Complete
Ot her
Action: Recap of accomplishments work to do
Timeline: Date range
Timeline: Date range
Anticipated Resource Needed: What are they and what are the approximate costs?
Approvals (Signatures and dates are required)
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