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Fire Service Operations
Associate in Applied Science Degree Program
Curriculum code 1331
Firefighter Service Operations A.A.S.
Application deadline is May 17,
2013.
Applications are only available at the following information sessions:
- Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 6-9.30 p.m., Fogelson
Theater
The Fogelson Theater is located in the Center for Contemporary Technology in the T building.
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PLEASE NOTE:
- Only
the registered participants will be admitted into the
information sessions.
- Check in for registered
participants will begin 30 minutes prior to the start of each
session; NO ONE will be admitted after the session has begun.
- When you check in for the
Information Session, you will need to present a government-issued
photo I.D. or a Moraine Valley photo I.D.
Seats are limited for each
Information Session. Call or email today to reserve your seat. To register for one of the
information sessions, call (708) 974-5713 between 8.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday
or email Nancy Spaulding at spaulding@morainevalley.edu. |
Fire Service Operations
Program Mission
The Moraine Valley Community College Fire Service Operations A.A.S. Program educates and trains students to meet standards of practice
for entry-level fire service professionals. Faculty use appropriate
methodologies to promote student learning.
Student learning emerges from
the cognitive (intellectual), psychomotor (physical), clinical and affective
(social, emotional and ethical) elements of fire services as defined for the
entry-level practitioner by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the
Moraine Valley Community College Fire Science Program Advisory Committee.
Student learning occurs within an intellectual atmosphere that promotes
continuing education as part of professional dedication and lifelong learning
and within an ethical framework for student conduct in both the classroom and
fire training facilities, i.e., burn towers.
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Program Coordinator: Andy Hufnagl, M.S.,
B.S., A.A.S. |
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Office Location: T712 |
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Telephone: (708)
608-4404 |
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Fax: (708)
974-5325 |
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hufnagl@morainevalley.edu |
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 Fire Service Operations
Program Essential Functions
All students must be able to perform
the essential functions of the curriculum. In addition to the general admission
criteria required by the college, fire science students must be able to:
- Work effectively for long periods of time,
requiring sustained physical activity and intense concentration, under stressful
conditions both as a member of a team and independently
- Use all fingers and both hands to handle, move, lift, twist and turn objects
of all shapes and sizes
- Perform all aspects of the job in environments with extreme noise conditions,
limited mobility, above or below ground heights, poor visibility, high humidity
and closed or confined spaces for unknown lengths of time.
- Perform job responsibilities while carrying up to 80 pounds of additional
weight on their person
- Lift, climb, and move while carrying up to 100 pounds of equipment and tools
- Drag and carry up to 200 pounds
- Perform a variety of tasks for unknown durations of time on level surfaces and
also on a variety of hazardous surfaces, such as slippery, wet and freezing
surfaces while under adverse conditions and with increased weight loads using a
variety of body positions, including but not limited to: stand, sit, crouch,
crawl, climb, kneel, stoop, and bend over
- Have near and far vision, depth perception and the ability to focus vision
- Receive, interpret and respond efficiently, appropriately and safely to
instructions issued by commanding officers and delivered in a variety of
formats, including in written, oral, diagrammatic or scheduling formats
- Smell smoke and other odors that might indicate hazardous conditions
- Use the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch to assess the nature of
emergency situations, maintain personal safety, and make critical decisions in a
confused, chaotic, and potentially life-threatening environment throughout the
duration of the operation
- Be free from frequent episodes of pain resulting in the inability to perform
manual work, or sudden incapacitation.
- Make rapid transitions from rest to near maximum exertion without warm-up
periods
Office of the State Fire Marshal
Training Center Approval
The Moraine Valley Community College
Fire Service Operations A.A.S. degree Program has training center approval
through the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). Upon successful
completion of the Fire Service Operations A.A.S. Degree Program, graduates are
eligible to challenge the Firefighter-Basic examination offered by the Office of
the State Fire Marshal.
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