Fire Technology and Administration - Naugatuck Valley Community College

Fire Technology and Administration from Naugatuck Valley Community College is a Campus Associate Fire Systems Technology degree that prepares you for a Fire Protection career. The program in Fire Technology and Administration is designed to provide advanced training and education on the college level that develops competent technicians who are, or will become, leaders in fire protection , prevention, and administration. It also provides training and education for personnel of insurance companies, and of industries involved in fire prevention and protection practices. Working in career and volunteer fire departments, local, state and federal government agencies, industry, architectural and construction firms, insurance organizations, and related groups, the fire technologist knows the need for fire prevention activities, the necessity to educate both children and adults in fire safety , and the importance of enforcing fire prevention codes. Because of the broad spectrum of problems encountered and the need for extensive familiarity with many subjects, the work of the fire technologist is seldom routine or boring. There is always something new to learn. However, the greatest satisfaction may come from knowing that the effective fire technologist continually improves the world in which we live by making it a safer place, and by reducing the misery which uncontrolled fire can cause. The program of study which leads to the associate in science degree in Fire Technology and Administration is planned to help students meet the professional standards established by the National Fire Protection Association, the Connecticut Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, and the Connecticut Fire Marshal\\\'s Training Council. Program Outcomes: Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to: 1. Demonstrate the ability to communicate verbally and in writing, to prepare reports, presentations and investigations that support the administration and management of a fire or emergency service agency in either an emergency or a non-emergency situation. 2. Apply social and behavioral sciences, mathematical and scientific principles, and technical knowledge to develop and create solutions to address community problems and issues in the emergency management field they have not encountered previously. 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the organizational structure, both operational and administrative, of various types of emergency service providers, both public and private, career and volunteer, which impact the life safety of a community. 4. Understand human resource policies and procedures in order to assist members of an emergency service agency who are in need of assistance and intervention. 5. Apply basic principles of supervision and human resource management to set priorities and plan so as to respond to community needs as determined in a community hazard assessment. 6. Evaluate available information, from a fire or emergency incident, and using proper techniques, such as conducting interviews, making observations, collecting and securing evidence, determine a preliminary cause and origin. 7. Develop a pre-incident plan of a specific facility, applying pre-planning policies, procedures and forms, so that all required elements are identified and catalogued. 8. Develop an initial action plan for an emergency operation to make maximum use of resources to control and mitigate the incident. 9. Demonstrate knowledge of safety policies, regulations and procedures as they apply to emergency and non-emergency operations of a community\\\'s emergency response agencies. 10. Demonstrate the basic knowledge necessary to conduct an inspection to identify hazards and address code violations in an Assembly, Educational, Health Care, Detention and Correctional, Residential, Mercantile, Business, Industrial, Storage, Unusual Structures, and Mixed Occupancy, so that all hazards, including hazardous materials are identified, appropriate forms are completed and appropriate action is initiated. 11. Demonstrate an in depth knowledge of who issues various protocols, standards and guides on a local, state, and national level that provide guidance to and regulation of life safety organizations. 12. Describe the methods of heat transfer and chemical processes that govern the development and spread of fire and how to apply that to various types of structures and situations in order to control and extinguish the fire by altering and improving the structure. 13. Demonstrate the ability to review a set of plans for a structure and assess the structure against the requirements for that type of structure as laid out in the fire and life safety codes. 14. Calculate the water flow and determine if a design for a water supply or sprinkler system would protect a specific structure or portion of a community. View more details on Naugatuck Valley Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fire Systems Technology courses.