FIST 1090 - Firefighter I

10.0 Credits

This course includes the information and skills to perform basic firefighting functions on the fire ground. Upon completion, students can take the Nebraska State Firefighter I Certification Test. This course prepares students to meet the requirements of Firefighter I per NFPA 1001 Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications and Hazardous Materials Awareness per NFPA 472 Standard for Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents.

Prerequisites: (1) Medical screening compliant with NFPA 1582

Pre/Corequisite: (1) FIST 2070

Lecture Hours: 7.0
Lab Hours: 8.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives
Perform as an entry-level firefighter for a volunteer or professional fire department.

The following is a partial list of objectives for FIST 1090:

Initiatie the response to a reported emergency
Transmit and Receive messages via the fire department radio
Use SCBA during emergency operations
Force entry into a structure
Attack an interior structaure fire

Firefighter one, in conjunction with NFPA 472 (Hazardous Materials Awareness), meets the criteria established by the National Fire Protection Administration standard NFPA 1001. Firefighter I includes extensive and physically demanding practical evolutions, and must be taught at a fire training tower.

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