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  • FS 130: Promoting Academic Success

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Assists students with disabilities in the transition to college. Students become aware of disability laws and the types of technology available to assist them. In addition, students become more knowledgeable of HACC's various campus locations and, specifically, the programs, policies, and services. Skills designed to help students succeed and cope with college are also introduced.
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  • FTW 001: Intro to Fire Service

    1.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This entry level course is designed to introduce new firefighters to basic information including an overview of the fire service, fire service organization firefighter safety, personal protective equipment, tools and emergency lighting, and backing apparatus. This is the first of five levels (courses) in the curriculum. This course includes lecture, interactive discussion and practical skills and a written evaluation. Minimum age14 years old at start of course.
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  • FTW 002: Fire Ground Support

    3.20 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This entry level course is designed to introduce new firefighters to fire ground operation including fire behavior, building construction-structural collapse, fire hose water supply, communications, ropes and knots, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). This is the second of five levels (courses) in the curriculum. This course incudes lecture, interactive discussion and practical skills and a written evaluation. Minimum age of 14 years old at start of course.
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  • FTW 003: Exterior Firefighting

    5.20 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This entry level course is designed to introduce new firefighters to fire ground operation including Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), fire behavior, building construction, fire extinguishers forcible entry, ladders, and fire streams/hose line advancement. This is the third of five levels (courses) in the curriculum. This course includes lecture, interactive discussion and practical skills and a written evaluation. NIMS 700 and ICS 100 are required. Minimum age of 14 years old at start of course.
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  • FTW 004: Hazardous Materials Awareness

    0.40 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    The primary target audiences for this course are the First Responders (fire, rescue, emergency medical, police etc.) who will witness or discover a hazardous substance/materials release. Students will be training to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release. They shall have sufficient training or have had sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency to understand what hazardous substances are, the risks, potential outcomes, the ability to recognize and identify their presence, their role including site security, safe scene management and how to use the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook during a hazardous materials/WMD emergency. Minimum age is 14 years old.
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  • FTW 005: Interior Firefighting

    4.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This entry level course is designed to introduce new firefighters to interior fire ground operations including Self Contained Breathing apparatus (SCBA), Search and Rescue Procedures, Firefighter Survival, Ventilation, Utility and Loss Control, Origin and Cause, and Fire Control (Suppression). This is the fourth of five levels (courses) in the curriculum. Must be 18 years of age at the start of the course.
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  • FTW 006: Hazardous Materials Operations

    2.40 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course will provide training for first responders that respond to releases or potential releases of hazardous substances as part of the initial response for the purpose of protecting nearby persons, property and the environment. Personnel are trained to respond in a defensive fashion to contain the release from a safe distance, to keep it from spreading and prevent exposures. They must understand basic hazard and risk assessment, how to select and use proper personnel protective equipment, basic hazardous materials terms, basic control, containment and/or confinement operations within the capabilities of the resources and PPE available, basic decontamination procedures and termination procedures. Minimum age: 16 years old at start of course.
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  • FTW 007: Confined Spaces

    1.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Covers rescue situations that involve confined spaces. The course topics include definitions, regulations, identification, needs, psychology and techniques. Practical application of rescue techniques are practiced in real confined spaces. This course requires that students have: note taking materials; a hard hat or helmet with chin strap; work shoes or boots (steel-toe preferred); eye protection; positive pressure Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA); knee pads, if possible; work clothes including coveralls or items that can be soiled; a 15-20-foot piece of rope for knot tying exercise; two pairs of gloves (one clean pair) for knot tying and one pair that may be heavily soiled. Persons attending this 16-hour training should have experience, expertise or training in subjects, such as respiratory protection equipment, including SCBA, and/or rope rescue or rigging techniques are preferred prerequisites. Prerequisites: Must be a minimum age of 18 years old. Respiratory Protection I (REPA) and Rope/High Angle Rescue II (RORA) are preferred prerequisites.
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  • FTW 008: Confined Space Awareness

    0.40 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course will provide the participant with the information needed to identify confined spaces and assess the hazards associated with confined spaces in order to avoid serious injury or death. Information will be provided and alarm procedures discussed for handling confined space incidents as a first responder. This class does not involve, nor does it certify, persons to make confined space entries. This program is ideal for all rescue personnel.
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  • FTW 009: Structural Collapse Technician

    9.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Provides the student with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform rescues at structural collapse scenes due to natural disasters or terrorist incidents in accordance with the FEMA Structural Collapse Rescue Technician curriculum for Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) operations. This course is 90 hours of face to face (Instructor led) training, divided into four major areas: Constructing Emergency Shoring (Interior and Exterior), Lifting and Moving Techniques, Breaching and Breaking, NFPA 1006 Structural Collapse Technician Pro Board/ IFSAC Certification Levels I and II. Every effort is made to ensure consistent terminology and training within the discipline of urban search and rescue (US&R), is conducted. This training matches the DHS/FEMA National US&R Response System curriculum. This course concludes with the written and skills testing for the NFPA 1006 Structural Collapse Technician Pro Board/IFSAC Certification Levels I and II via the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy's professional certification guidelines. Prerequisites: Firefighter I Certification, or equivalent; current Hazardous Materials Operations or Technician training or certification (NFPA 472); current CPR training (Infant, Child and Adult); current EMS certification Emergency Responder, First Responder, EMT or EMT-Paramedic); training or certification in accordance with NFPA 1006 ??? Chapter 5: Rescue Technician General Requirements/ Core Competencies; Operations level training, in accordance with NFPA 1670, in the following areas: Vehicle/Machinery rescue; confined space rescue; rope rescue; and trench/ excavation rescue.
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