Course Description: Course leading to Firefighter I certification, including emergency medical care, fire behavior, firefighting equipment, fireground operations and rescue and safety procedures.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 22 to March 7.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face March 29 to April 11.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face May 10 to May 23.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Section Notes: Student must also be enrolled in FS111 002, FS150 009, and FS151 009.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4.00
Course Description: Knowledge and skills to understand what hazardous materials are and the risk associated with them in an incident; recognize the presence of hazardous materials in an emergency; understand the role of the emergency responder at the Awareness level, and understand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Current Emergency Response Guidebook.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 22 to March 7.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face March 29 to April 11.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Student must also be enrolled in FS111 002, FS150 009, and FS151 009Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face May 10 to May 23.
Course Description: A follow-up course to FS110 Firefighter I, leading to a Firefighter II certification, including fire behavior, firefighting equipment, rescue and safety procedures, fire department operations and management and emergency medical care.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 22 to March 7.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face March 29 to April 11.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face May 10 to May 23.
Course Description: Required training for all personnel prior to certification as a Wildland Firefighter Type 2 under the Wildland Qualifications System (NWCG 310-1); entry level course for all new firefighters and refresher course for veteran firefighters.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Incident Command System -features collectively identifying the unique quality of the ICS as an incident or event management system.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Opportunity to experience a type of firefighting usually not available in the central plains region of the United States enabling students to choose the type of department they wish to apply to upon completion of their education.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Notes: Respond within 3 hours to Hutchinson area and Wichita Airport; supply leather boots that meet federal requirements for wildland firefighting, undergarments, toiletries and other personal items
Course Description: Use of portable pumps and related equipment needed to carry out field operations with peak efficiency and safety; correct water usage, basic hydraulics and equipment care.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Procedures for safe power saw operation in a wildland fire suppression setting and basic maintenance and field repairs of power saws.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 2.00
Course Description: Roles and responsibilities of a Firing Boss, Single Resource (FIRB), and duties of other personnel who may engage firing operations. Discuss and illustrate common firing devices and techniques.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Fire ground strategy and tactics including structure, priorities and language of the emergency scene.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Beginning observation and supervised tasks through work experience with a fire service agency.
Course Notes: FS110 Firefighter I, and Departmental Consent.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Requires acceptance of student by host Fire Department, & Fire Science Program Coordinator approval. Successful student will pass an application & interview process, to be determined by the fire dept.
Course Description: Advanced observation and supervised tasks through work experience with a fire service agency.
Course Notes: FS136 Fire Science Practicum I, and Departmental Consent.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Notes: Requires acceptance of student by host Fire Department, & Fire Science Program Coordinator approval. Successful student will pass an application & Interview process, to be determined by the fire dept.
Course Description: Study of the dynamic chemical process of fire and how to successfully extinguish it.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3.00
Course Description: Knowledge and skills first-responding firefighters and EMS personnel need to safely respond to routine and non-routine emergencies that may involve hazardous materials. This includes knowledge and skills to understand what hazardous materials are and the risk associated with them in an incident; recognize the presence of hazardous materials in an emergency; understand the role of the emergency responder at the operations level and understand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Current Emergency Response Guidebook.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Student must also be enrolled in FS111 002, FS150 009, and FS151 009Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 22 to March 7.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face March 29 to April 11.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face May 10 to May 23.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Course Description: This course covers basic fireground operations, including live fire suppression, ventilation, and search and rescue.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Student must also be enrolled in FS111 002, FS150 009, and FS151 009Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Spring 2025 High School Burn DaySection Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face February 22 to March 7.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face March 29 to April 11.Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Notes: Academy Offering. Students must also be enrolled in FS106 010, FS110 010, FS111 010 FS113 010, FS150 010, and FS151 010. Class meets face-to-face May 10 to May 23.
Course Description: Training in personal protective equipment, proper hoseline deployment and advancement, and any other specialized functions of the engine crew. In addition this course emphasizes correct hoseline and nozzle selection and tactics under real-time scenarios.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Surface ice rescue support functions at the 'operations' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including preplanning, scene and victim assessment, shore-based rescue operations and IMS.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.50
Course Description: Primary surface ice rescue functions at the 'technician' level as set forth in NFPA 1670 including ice rescue incident preplanning, ice rescue incident scene management, performance of ice rescue procedures utilizing equipment unique to ice rescue.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Rapid entry team training involves training in personal protective equipment, and any specialized rescue equipment needed to rescue emergency responders that are in jeopardy. In addition, this course emphasizes techniques involved in self-rescue.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Course Description: Includes station life and operations related to specialized technical rescue situations, CISM, Incident Command, NFPA Standards, rules/regulations and medical treatment and assessment in technical rescue situations. Special safety concerns, and techniques applied in rescue operations, ropes, webbing, know craft, and equipment.
Spring
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00
Section Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 1.00