FSLM 450 Applications of Fire Research (5 credits)
Prerequisite Admittance in the BAS-FSLM Program.
Course Description
This course examines the basic principles of research and methodology for analyzing current fire-related research. The course also provides a framework for conducting and evaluating independent research in the following areas: fire dynamics, fire test standards and codes, fire safety, fire modeling, structural fire safety, life safety, firefighter health and safety, automatic detection and suppression, transportation fire hazards, risk analysis and loss control, fire service applied research, and new trends in fire-related research.
Course Content
A. Fundamentals
B. Focusing Your Research Efforts
C. Qualitative Research Methodologies
D. Quantitative Research Methodologies
E. Applications and Trends in Fire-Related Research
Student Outcomes
1. Locate, evaluate, and analyze fire-related research.
2. Demonstrate and apply the process of fire research to a research problem that is related to one of the course topics.
3. Conduct a literature review of current research on a fire-related topic.
4. Write a fire-related research proposal.
5. Design a research plan using one or more qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Service Research Apply scientific methods of inquiry and research to arrive at reasoned decisions regarding fire service leadership and administration. Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems. Information Competency: Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. (IC)
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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