FSLM 400 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire Service (5 credits)
Prerequisite Admittance in the BAS-FSLM Program.
Course Description
This course provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of the ethical, sociological, organizational, political, and legal components of community risk reduction, and a methodology for the development of a comprehensive community risk-reduction plan.
Course Content
A. Introduction to Community Risk Reduction and the Fire Service
B. Develop and Meet Risk Reduction Objectives
C. Identify and Develop Intervention Strategies
D. Implement a Risk Reduction Program
E. Review, Modify, and Market Risk Reduction Programs
Student Outcomes
1. Identify ways to become advocates of risk reduction.
2. Develop and meet community risk-reduction objectives.
3. Identify and develop intervention strategies.
4. Implement a risk-reduction program.
5. Review and modify risk-reduction programs.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes: Fire Systems Risk Management Analyze the factors that shape risk and apply them to strategies for fire and injury prevention including fire risk reduction prevention, enforcement, investigation, research, and planning. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Information Competency (IC) - Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information, and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning. Responsibility (R) - Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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