Fire Chief - Diploma | ECTC

Fire Chief - Diploma

Fire Science Technology

Developmental Courses as Needed

Courses Credit Notes
RDG 20/100 3-6  
ENC 90/ENG 100 2-5  
MAT 61 4  

General Education Courses

Courses Credit Notes
Written Communication, Oral Communications, or Humanities/Heritage 3  
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Quantitative Reasoning 3  
GENERAL EDUCATION SUBTOTAL 6  

Technical Courses

Courses Credit Notes
Digital Literacy 0-3 Demonstrated by competency exam or by completing a digital literacy course
FIR 101 Basic Firefighting I 3 Recommended first semester
FIR 102 Basic Firefighting II 3 Recommended first semester
FIR 103 Basic Firefighting III 3  
FIR 104 Basic Firefighting IV 3  
FIR 105 Fire Suppression 3 Prereq: FIR 101, 102, 103 & 104
FIR 106 Intro to Special Responses 3  
FIR 107 Intro to Rescue & Patient Care 3  
FIR 198 Practicum 6 Prereq: FIR 105 or instructor consent
FIR 205 Fire Officer I 3  
FIR 207 Fire Officer III 3 Prereq: FIR 206 or instructor consent
FIR 208 Fire Officer IV 3 Prereq: FIR 207 or instructor consent
FIR 282 Strategy and Tactics 3 Prereq: instructor consent
TECHNICAL SUBTOTAL 39-42  
TOTAL DIPLOMA CREDITS 45-48  

For a list of KCTCS general education classes in each category, go to https://catalog.kctcs.edu/academic-services/general-education-requirements/.

KCTCS Catalog:  Fire Chief - Diploma