Course

50-503-706 Firefighter Apprentice Related Instruction: Natural Gas & Electrical Emergency Response
Course Information
Description
​The course goal and scope is to prepare for natural gas and electrical emergencies.  Learning objectives include conducting training and drills for natural gas, propane, and electrical utilities.  Emergency response involving fires, structural collapses and medical emergencies are included.  Electrical utility emergency response will be applied to utility services, individual consumers, and industrial plants.  Motor vehicle crash response involving hybrid cars is included.  Pre-planning, shut-off, and safety mitigation for each emergency is included in the course.
Total Credits
0.5
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Conduct training and drills for natural gas, propane, and electrical utilities
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  2. Examine emergency response involving fires
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  3. Examine emergency response involving structural collapses
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  4. Examine response for medical emergencies
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  5. Apply electrical utility emergency response to utility services, individual consumers, and industrial plants
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  6. Explore motor vehicle crash response involving hybrid cars
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

  7. Pre-plan shut-off, and safety mitigation for each type of emergency included in the course
    Assessment Strategies
    Fire Department assessment as noted in their training standards

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