Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits22.25PrerequisiteEMT certification Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionThis 500 hour fire academy includes instruction on basic firefighting skills, laws and regulations affecting the fire service. The course will provide the student with knowledge and skills to safely perform, under minimal supervision, essential and advanced fire ground tasks, basic rescue, basic fire prevention and fire investigation task and to use, inspect, and maintain firefighting and rescue equipment. This curriculum is intended to provide the minimum required training required by the State of California Fire Marshal in the field of fire technology as it relates to firefighters. 