New and Updated Course Descriptions

FPT 115 - Fire Service Hazardous Materials and Emergency Response I

This course has been deactivated and no longer offered at MCC

1.5 Credits

This course prepares fire service personnel to respond to incidents involving hazardous materials. This is a survey course with a broad overview to responding to hazardous materials incidents. Topics include scene and personal safety, basic chemical and physical properties of hazardous materials, hazard recognition, scene management, and the basics of decontamination. Students successfully completing FPT 115 and FPT 116 meet the requirements of PST 145. Twenty-one instructional hours.

Course Offered Fall, Spring