Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This course is transferable to a degree program in Fire Service Administration at Western Oregon University or Eastern Oregon
University.

Student will meet National Fire Protection Association 1002, Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications, 2009 Edition Chapter 5, Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump excludingproducing a foam fire stream.

The material in this course will be presented in a lecture, demonstration and practical application format.  Other instructional
methods including guest speakers, demonstrations, simulations, and presentations may be employed.
 

At the beginning of the course, the instructor will discuss the methods used to evaluate student performance and progress and the criteria for assigning a course grade. A course syllabus will be provided.  Assessment methods may include one or more of the following: examinations, quizzes, simulations, demonstrations, and classroom participation.
 

• Describe Different types of pump construction, principles of pump
  design, operation, capabilities, power transfer, water supply, and
  procedures for trouble shooting to correct operational problems.
   
• Define terminology used in fire service hydraulics and
  demonstrate written and field hydraulic formula calculations.
   
• Demonstrate procedures for pumping with fire service
  apparatus during multi-engine operations and identify apparatus
  gauges and control devices.
   
• Demonstrate hydraulic calculations involving multiply supply
  lines, operational lines, appliances, water sources, and friction
  loss factors.
   
• Describe operational techniques and driving
  techniques under varying weather and emergency conditions.
   
• Describe various defensive driving techniques
  and describe current legal statues that regulate the operation of
  emergency vehicles.
   
• Demonstrate the use of maintenance schedules, reports, and
  corrective measures and vehicle care.