Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits8PrerequisitePublic Safety First Aid and CPR per California Health and Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionSafety code 1797.182 or equivalent This course is the first of a three-course series to prepare students for a career in the fire service. It provides the skills and knowledge needed for the entry-level fire fighter to perform structural suppression activities. Key learning concepts include fire fighter safety; communications; cleaning, maintaining, and utilizing equipment and tools; building construction and fire behavior; water supply; ladder operations; forcing entry into a structure; conducting search and rescue operations; attacking an interior structure fire; horizontal and vertical ventilation; property conservation; fire scene overhaul; fire fighter survival; and fire suppression with Class A materials, vehicles, and ground cover. FT 217, FT 218, and FT 219 must be completed prior to testing for the Fire Fighter 1 certification. Pass/No Pass Only. 