Fire Science Technology - Eastern Maine Community College

Fire Science Technology from Eastern Maine Community College is a Campus Associate Fire Fighting degree that prepares you for a Fire Protection career. The Fire Science Technology program is designed to provide both in-service and selected pre-service students with sound technical and academic experiences, enabling them to assume positions of responsibility as members of fire departments or as technical employees of industrial firms and insurance companies. The program provides training in detecting and eliminating fire hazards and causes, through periodic inspections, remedial recommendations, and systematic follow-ups. Practical technical instruction is designed to meet the fire and life-safety needs, responsibilities and obligations of fire protection in engineering, building design, plant-protection, fire investigation and all other fields where fire may be involved. The ultimate goal is to assist the in-service student to develop the appropriate skills and knowledge for professional fire protection. Pre-employment students may be admitted upon recommendation of the Fire Science Technology Department. Graduates of the program have been employed as industrial fire protection specialists, safety technicians, fire insurance inspectors, inspection bureau representatives, state fire inspectors, and municipal fire department employees, many of whom have earned their degree while employed in their area of specialty. View more details on Eastern Maine Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fire Fighting courses.