FORMAT 1
Submit original with signatures + 1 copy + electronic copy to UAF Governance.
See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd for a complete description of the rules
governing curriculum & course changes.
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED BY:
Department
Prepared
by
Email
Contact
College/School
Emergency Services
John K. George
Faculty
Contact
jgeorge@alaska.edu
1. ACTION DESIRED
(CHECK ONE):
Justify upper/lower
division status &
number of credits:
John K. George
Trial Course
Dept
2. COURSE IDENTIFICATION:
TVC/CRCD
455-2879
Phone
New Course
Course
#
Fire
X
No. of
Credits
F219
3.0
This course has prerequisite 100 level courses and should be offered as a
200 level for fire science.
3. PROPOSED COURSE TITLE:
Rapid Intervention Company Operations
4. CROSS LISTED?
YES/NO
If yes,
Dept:
No
(Requires approval of both departments and deans involved.
signatures.)
Course #
Add lines at end of form for such
If yes,
Dept.
5. STACKED?
YES/NO
No
6. FREQUENCY OF OFFERING:
As demand warrants
Course #
(Every or Alternate) Fall, Spring, Summer — or As Demand
Warrants
7. SEMESTER & YEAR OF FIRST OFFERING (if
approved)
Fall 2010
8. COURSE FORMAT:
NOTE: Course hours may not be compressed into fewer than three days per credit. Any course
compressed into fewer than six weeks must be approved by the college or school's curriculum
council. Furthermore, any core course compressed to less than six weeks must be approved by the
core review committee.
COURSE FORMAT:
(check one)
OTHER FORMAT
(specify)
Mode of delivery
(specify lecture,
field trips, labs,
etc)
1
2
3
4
5
X
6 weeks to
full semester
The syllabus calls for four contact hours a week for eleven weeks. However, since
most of the course is offered outdoors, some compression of the course work may
take place. This has been approved by the TVC Academic Council. (See attached
memo from the council).
Lecture.
LECTURE
LAB
PRACTICUM
4/
11
hours/weeks
hours /week
hours /week
Note: # of credits are based on contact hours. 800 minutes of lecture=1 credit. 2400 minutes
of lab in a science course=1 credit. 1600 minutes in non-science lab=1 credit. 2400-4800
minutes of practicum=1 credit. 2400-8000 minutes of internship=1 credit. This must match with
the syllabus. See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/credits.html for more information on
number of credits.
9. CONTACT HOURS PER WEEK:
OTHER HOURS (specify
type)
10. COMPLETE CATALOG DESCRIPTION including dept., number, title and credits (50 words or
less, if possible):
Designed to provide firefighters with the knowledge and skills necessary to work safely and respond
appropriately to life threatening situations. This course includes Rapid Intervention team building skills,
self rescue techniques, and the knowledge to handle a “Mayday” or High Risk/Threat situation.
Successful completion of this course will qualify students for the State of Alaska certification testing
process. All students are required to wear full firefighter personal protective equipment. Limited
quantities of PPE are available for loan through the Program Coordinator. Prerequisites: Fire F117,
Fire F131, Fire F133, Fire F135, Fire F137 or Department Head Approval. (3+0)
11.
COURSE CLASSIFICATIONS: (undergraduate courses only. Use approved criteria found
on Page 10 & 17 of the manual. If justification is needed, attach on separate
sheet.)
N = Natural
Science
H = Humanities
S = Social Sciences
Will this course be used to fulfill a requirement for the
YES X
baccalaureate core?
IF YES, check which core requirements it could be used to fulfill:
O = Oral Intensive,
Format 6
12.
COURSE REPEATABILITY:
Is this course repeatable for
credit?
W = Writing Intensive,
Format 7
YES
X
Justification: Indicate why the course can
be repeated
(for example, the course follows a different
theme each time).
NO
Natural Science,
Format 8
NO
Na
How many times may the course be repeated for credit?
TIMES
If the course can be repeated with variable credit, what is the
maximum number of credit hours that may be earned for this course?
CREDITS
13. GRADING SYSTEM:
LETTER: X
PASS/FAIL:
RESTRICTIONS ON ENROLLMENT (if any)
14. PREREQUISITES
Fire F117, Fire F131, Fire F133, Fire F135, Fire F137
These will be required before the student is allowed to enroll in the course.
RECOMMENDED
Classes, etc. that student is strongly encouraged to complete prior to this course.
15. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS,
CONDITIONS
16. PROPOSED COURSE FEES
TBA
Has a memo been submitted through your dean to the Provost & VCAS for
fee approval? Yes/No
17. PREVIOUS HISTORY
Has the course been offered as special topics or trial course
previously? Yes/No
If yes, give semester, year,
course #, etc.:
Yes
Yes
Spring 07, Spring 08, Spring 09
18. ESTIMATED IMPACT
WHAT IMPACT, IF ANY, WILL THIS HAVE ON BUDGET, FACILITIES/SPACE, FACULTY, ETC.
No significant impact on facilities. This course has been offered without additional accommodation.
19. LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Have you contacted the library collection development officer (ffklj@uaf.edu, 4746695) with regard to the adequacy of library/media collections, equipment, and
services available for the proposed course? If so, give date of contact and
resolution. If not, explain why not.
No
Yes
X
No library sources required.
20. IMPACTS ON PROGRAMS/DEPTS
What programs/departments will be affected by this proposed action?
Include information on the Programs/Departments contacted (e.g., email, memo)
None
21. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS
Please specify positive and negative impacts on other courses, programs and
departments resulting from the proposed action.
None
JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTION REQUESTED
The purpose of the department and campus-wide curriculum committees is to
scrutinize course change and new course applications to make sure that the quality
of UAF education is not lowered as a result of the proposed change. Please address
this in your response. This section needs to be self-explanatory. Use as much
space as needed to fully justify the proposed course.
This course updates the fire science program and realigns it with both State and National firefighting
standards for life safety and training. Students who complete this course successfully will be eligible for
the State of Alaska, Rapid Intervention Technician test.
APPROVALS:
Date
Signature, Chair,
Program/Department of:
Date
Signature, Chair, College/School Curriculum
Council for:
Date
Signature, Dean, College/School
of:
Date
Signature of Provost (if applicable)
Offerings above the level of approved programs must be approved in advance by
the Provost.
ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNANCE OFFICE
Date
Signature, Chair, UAF Faculty Senate Curriculum
Review Committee
ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES: (If required)
Date
Signature, Chair,
Program/Department of:
Date
Signature, Chair, College/School Curriculum
Council for:
Date
Signature, Dean, College/School
of:
ATTACH COMPLETE SYLLABUS (as part of this application).
Note: syllabus must follow the guidelines discussed in the Faculty Senate Guide
http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/syllabus.html
.
The department and campus wide curriculum committees will review the syllabus to
ensure that each of the items listed below are included. If items are missing or
unclear, the proposed course change will be denied.
SYLLABUS CHECKLIST FOR ALL UAF COURSES
During the first week of class, instructors will distribute a course syllabus.
Although modifications may be made throughout the semester, this document will
contain the following information (as applicable to the discipline):
1. Course information:
Title,  number, credits, prerequisites,  location,  meeting time
(make sure that contact hours are in line with credits).
2. Instructor (and if applicable, Teaching Assistant) information:
 Name,  office location,  office hours,  telephone,  email
address.
3. Course readings/materials:
 Course textbook title,  author,  edition/publisher.
 Supplementary readings (indicate whether  required or 
recommended) and
 any supplies required.
4. Course description:
 Content of the course and how it fits into the broader curriculum;
 Expected proficiencies required to undertake the course, if applicable.
 Inclusion of catalog description is strongly recommended, and
 Description in syllabus must be consistent with catalog course
description.
5.  Course Goals (general) and  Student Learning Outcomes (more specific)
6. Instructional methods:
 Describe the teaching techniques (eg: lecture, case study, small group
discussion, private instruction, studio instruction, values clarification,
games, journal writing, use of Blackboard, audio/video conferencing, etc.).
7. Course calendar:
 A schedule of class topics and assignments must be included. Be specific
so that it is clear that the instructor has thought this through and will
not be making it up on the fly (e.g. it is not adequate to say “lab”.
Instead, give each lab a title that describes its content). You may call
the outline Tentative or Work in Progress to allow for modifications during
the semester.
8. Course policies:
 Specify course rules, including your policies on attendance, tardiness,
class participation, make-up exams, and plagiarism/academic integrity.
9. Evaluation:
 Specify how students will be evaluated,  what factors will be
included,  their relative value, and
 how they will be tabulated into grades (on a curve, absolute scores,
etc.)
10. Support Services:
 Describe the student support services such as tutoring (local and/or
regional) appropriate for the course.
11. Disabilities Services:
The Office of Disability Services implements the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), and insures that UAF students have equal access to the campus and
course materials.
 State that you will work with the Office of Disabilities Services (208
WHIT, 474-5655) to provide reasonable accommodation to students with
disabilities.”
MEMO RE: Format 1, New Course, FIRE 219,
“Rapid Intervention Company Operations”
FROM:
Ed Husted, Chair
TVC Academic Council
DATE:
October 14, 2009
I am attaching a letter of approval from the TVC Academic Council regarding the
above-described Format 1 new course proposal. The council met with John George,
program coordinator for the Emergency Services Program, who explained that the
proposed course already has a history of being successfully offered three times as a
special topics course.
The course is offered at firefighter training facilities in either Fairbanks or North
Pole, most of the training occurring outdoors. As a result, weather is often a major
factor. The course is designed as an 11-week course with 48 hours of instruction.
However, in the past the instructors have compressed some classes into 8-hour days
on Saturday and Sunday in order to avoid too much severe weather which may
compress the course into fewer than six weeks. While not a likely occurrence, the
council is providing its approval of the course being offered in a compressed format if,
in the instructors’ discretion, this becomes advisable.
The council also, after consulting with the program coordinator, recommended
that the course be formatted as an entirely “lecture” course. Originally it was presented
to the council as a combined lecture and lab course. While much of the student learning
is accomplished in hands-on activities which arguably might resemble a “lab,” more
than one instructor is present at all times providing guidance and assistance to the
students. While students are learning through hands-on activities, they are at all times
under the supervision of instructors in what more closely resembles a classroom rather
than a lab.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS/ TVC
Fire Science Program
FIRE F219, RAPID INTERVENTION COMPANY OPERATIONS
COURSE SYLLABUS
CREDITS: 3.0
DESCRIPTION:
Designed to provide firefighters with the knowledge and skills necessary to work safely and
respond appropriately to life threatening situations. This course includes Rapid Intervention
team building skills, self rescue techniques, and the knowledge to handle a “Mayday” or High
Risk/Threat situation. Successful completion of this course will qualify students for the State of
Alaska certification testing process.
All students are required to wear full firefighter personal protective equipment. Limited
quantities of PPE are available for loan through the Program Coordinator.
COURSE GOALS:
A RIT is a team of skilled firefighters whose primary objective on a fire ground is to be prepared
and ready to save a firefighter that is in need of immediate assistance in the IDLH/structural
firefighting environment.
In order to maximize the learning experience, the students will be organized into teams from
the first day of class to the last, learning to perform every skill and task as a group.
Each team will work together with the instructor’s to complete the courses individual team
based objectives. This will shift the focus of “Rapid Intervention Training” from the basic
individual skills to a more team oriented approach, helping the students to transition from the
classroom to the fire ground with greater appreciation for RIT as a professional discipline
within the fire service.
During the final evaluations in class, the students will be performing junior Company Officer
leadership skills and decision making.
Certifications upon completing skills and written examination:

Alaska State Rapid Intervention Technician Certification
PREREQUISITE:
Alaska State or IFSAC FF I (Fire F131, Fire F133, Fire F135, Fire F137) with Fire F117 or Instructor
approval based on fire service experience.
GRADING SYSTEM:
Letter grades: A; 100-90, B; 89-80, C; 79-70, D; 69-60, F; 59 and below.
In determining final grade, the student performance will be evaluated in the following areas:
Attendance and Participation: 20%,
Written Examinations: 40%
Skills Examination: 20%
Term Paper: 20%
ATTENDANCE:
Excused absence and make up of written and skill examinations must be arranged by instructor
notification prior to class or in a timely manner in the event of an emergency. Fire Department
members who are on shift will be expected to obtain standby relief during class periods, and if
unable to do so will only be excused for second-out alarms or general call-back response
requests. Students who do not participate substantially in the course, or who miss 3 or more
days, will receive a Faculty Initiated Withdrawal.
UAF HONOR CODE:
The public holds emergency services personnel accountable to the highest standards of ethics.
The credibility of our degree program requires that we meet those expectations in every way
possible. As a UAF student, you are subject to the Honor Code. The University assumes that
the integrity of each student and the student body as a whole will be upheld. Honesty is a
primary responsibility of you and every other UAF student. It is your responsibility to help
maintain the integrity of the student community including the reporting any observed
violations to the Instructor or Program Coordinator. UAF’s Honor Code is as follows:
1.
Students will not collaborate on any quizzes, in-class exams, or take-home assignments
that will contribute to their grade in a course, unless permission is granted by the course
instructor. Only those materials permitted by the instructor may be used to assist in quizzes
and exams. The use of study groups is encouraged.
2.
Students will not represent the work of others as their own. A student will attribute the
source of information not original with himself or herself (direct quotes or paraphrases) in
compositions, theses and other reports. (Specifically prohibited for this course are reports
composed by other students from previous course offerings and any Internet sources.)
3.
No work submitted for one course may be submitted for credit in another course
without the explicit approval of both instructors. Students may use the same report topic
and references from other courses if the Instructor is provided with a graded copy of any
similar submissions to show that an identical report has not been submitted for credit twice.
Violations of the Honor Code will result in a failing grade for the assignment and for the course
in which the violation occurred. Violations of the Honor Code may result in suspension or
expulsion.
Support Services:
Office of Disabilities Services (203 WHIT, 474-7043). Instructors will work with the Office of
Disabilities Services to provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities.
Student Support Service Program (512 Grue, 474-6844)
TVC Learning Center (604 Barnette Street, 455-2800)
Methods:
Course delivery includes classroom lecture, field lecture, demonstrations, discussion and
practical skills lab.
Outcomes:
The class is based on knowledge of team organization, leadership and efficiency, and the
proactive nature of a prepared and professional Rapid Intervention Team.
At the end of this course the student should have knowledge of how RIT teams work, when RIT
is deployed, be able to successfully demonstrate RIT techniques and be proficient with all State
of Alaska RIT skill sheets.
Evaluation:
The students will be evaluated throughout the course by quizzes and performance evaluations.
The course main concept is teamwork so practical evaluations will be based on team
performance. Individual practical skills will be evaluated through the Alaska State Guidelines
for Rapid Intervention Technician. There will also be a final exam and research project due.
RESEARCH PROJECT:
Students will research a Line of Duty Death (LODD) in the fire service within the last 5 years,
where a RIT team may have been able to prevent the LODD. Students will have to research
what happened and what techniques of RIT may have helped. Students may also research and
write about a fire in which a RIT team was deployed and saved a firefighter. Writing about
what happened and the techniques used also applies.
The project will be of at least five (5) pages in length and is to include the following:




Condensed summary of events
Fire Department involved and its demographics
Building Floor plan (Showing location of origin, collapse, or victim location).
Incident Outcome
 Essay - State in your own words how a RIT team would be deployed and what
techniques would be used to help the firefighter/s in trouble. A list of sources cited
shall be included for all reference materials used.
Submission:
- Project is to be submitted in printed or typed form, double-spaced, enclosed in a
suitable folder (No hardback notebooks or binders.
- Be sure to properly name and identify the project as being your own work.
- Project will be due no later than the last day of class.
- All work must be original and shall not include another students’ composition of
reports or thesis through acquaintance or Internet sources. The UAF Honor Code shall
be the guideline for ethics in performing class work or testing.
-Violations of the Honor Code will result in a failing grade for the assignment and,
ordinarily for the course in which the violation occurred.
TEXT:
Rapid Intervention Company Operations (R.I.C.O.), Michael Mason & Jeffrey Pindelski,
Thomson-Delmar Learning
“Rapid Intervention Technician – Saving Our Own”
Alaska State Version 1.4
CLASS SCHEDULE AND LOCATION:
Location: North Pole Fire Department Classroom and Training Facility.
EQUIPMENT:
All students are required to wear a complete set of fire department approved protective
clothing (turnout gear). Limited quantities of gear is available for loan through the Emergency
Services Program Coordinator.
INSTRUCTORS:
Benjamin D. Fleagle, Captain, University Fire Department
Mailing Address: 611 North Chandalar St., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
Duty Phone: (907) 474-7216/6931
Cell: (907) 460-0721
Email: fnbdf@uaf.edu
Advising by appointment only.
Forrest J. Kuiper, Captain, University Fire Department
Mailing Address: 611 North Chandler St. Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
Duty Phone: (907) 474-7216/474-6210
Cell (907) 347-1985
Email: fnfjk@uaf.edu
Advising by appointment only.
Geoff Coon, Lieutenant, Training Officer, North Pole Fire Dept.
Geoff will be working as a PA in this class although he is a RIT Instructor in his own right. We’re
glad to have Geoff along with us and are looking forward to his contributions.
Chad Berg, Engineer. Snohomish County Fire District 7
Chad is an Engineer on Ladder 72 and has a long history teaching truck and rescue operations
throughout the West Coast and at Fire Rescue in Las Vegas. He is also the President of the
Puget Sound FOOLS.
Chad will be providing instruction in forced entry, power saw use and roof operations.
Contact will be through Ben Fleagle
Course Calendar:
Class 1:
Introduction
4 Hours

Recognizing factors related to firefighter deaths and injuries

Identify common factors that contribute to firefighter fatalities

Identify dangerous fire ground conditions and operations

Recognizing and announcing “MAYDAY” procedure

Procedures for being lost and disoriented
Class 2:
Rescue
4 Hours

Procedures for locating a hose line and following it to the exit

Confidence course

SCBA emergency procedures for skip-breathing, bypass valve, directly off
regulator

Rescue drags

FF carries up and down stairs
Class 3:
Introduction to Rapid Intervention Team & questions from previous
class
4 Hours

Safety briefing

RIT PowerPoint lecture

Anatomy of a RIT team

Class 4:
Approaching a downed firefighter
Alternative Means
4 Hours

FF drags, Ladder bail

Wall breach

FF rescue with a ladder
Class 5:
4 Hours
Intro to advanced rescue

Enlarging openings and breaching walls

Advanced roof operations

Power equipment skills

Hand tool skills
Class 6:
Advanced rescue
4 Hours

Enlarging openings and breaching walls

Advanced roof operations

Power equipment skills

Hand tool skills
Class 7
RIT
4 Hours

RIT- breaching walls

Wall breach evolution
Class 8
RIT
4 Hours

RIT roof operations

Roof Ops evolution
Class 9
FF Fatalities Case Studies
4 Hours

Nance Drill

Denver Drill

RIT Operations

RIT evolution

Review
Class 10
State of Alaska, RIT Testing
8 Hours

Final Review

State of Alaska, Written Examination

State of Alaska, Practical Skill Evaluation

Instructor Evaluations
Class 11
Project presentations
4 Hours

Project presentations

Final Examination