Fire Science Technology Wildland Fire Fighting - Community College of Southern Nevada

Fire Science Technology Wildland Fire Fighting from Community College of Southern Nevada is a Campus Associate Fire Fighting degree that prepares you for a Fire Protection career. The degree is designed for people who desire to enter or enhance their career in a state or federal, wildland fire fighting agency. The material is linked with the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group certification process. Students are given the opportunity to take several didactic and practical tests administered throughout the program to attain both state and national level wildland competencies. The core curriculum includes certification material to secure the basic wildland red card needed for employment in a wildland fire agency. Additional course work is designed to meet or exceed the National Fire Protection Association's 1051 Standard on Wildland Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, 1995 Edition. The elective material is designed to allow a student to obtain some degree of specialization that may tailor a student's education to qualify for supervisor positions in a wildland organization. Students may be placed in paramilitary and physically demanding environments designed to introduce the student to the job tasks and skills required to operate in the wildland fire services. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES - Graduates of this program will have the opportunity to: Demonstrate preparedness for the combined National Wildland Group Consortium Red Card certification with a greater than 70% score in the fields of Urban Interface, Wildland Fire Fire Behavior, Wildland Techniques, and Initial Attack. Demonstrate preparedness for the National Wildfire Consortium Group Pack Skills Test, Fire Shelter Development, and Fire Line Cutting Test. Demonstrate preparedness to pass the National Wildfire Consortium Group certification in Squad Boss and Strike Team Leader upon graduation. Demonstrate preparedness to pass the basic wildland firefighter written test according to the National Fire Protection Association's Firefighter I Standard 1051 for Wildland firefighter. View more details on College of Southern Nevada . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fire Fighting courses.