FIRE 107 - Fire Fighting Tactics and Strategies

Course Description

  • Prerequisite or Corequisite: FIRE 101 and FIRE 102
  • FIRE majors only

Introduction to Fireground planning and coordination, extinguishment tactics and strategies, functions of different fire companies, various tactical operations, types of extinguishment agents and uses. Pre-planning and command systems, size and types of incidents. Discussion of modern fire problems and suppression tactics and strategies involved. May be taken on a CR/N basis.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of FIRE 107, the student will be able to:

  • Define the terminology involved in fire behavior on a fire scene
  • Discuss fire ground planning and coordination
  • Define various tactical and strategically operations on large and small fire scenes
  • Define and discuss various agents used
  • Demonstrate the ability to implement the incident command system
  • Draw up a preplan and command system
  • Discuss the differing approaches based on size and type of incident
  • Define major problems of the modern fire environment in the United States
  • List suppression strategies and tactics to deal with those larger problems