Course Syllabi
Course Syllabi
FIRE FIGHTER I
Course Code 6514
Chief Scott Key
Teacher Contact Information
stkey@greenville.k12.sc.us
864-355-7433
https://sites.google.com/greenvilleschools.us/chiefkeysfirefightingclass?usp=sharing
Course Description
Firefighter I introduces students to the knowledge, skills, safety practices, and professional expectations of an entry-level firefighter. Students will participate in classroom instruction, hands-on skill development, scenario-based exercises, written activities, and certification-readiness training.
The course emphasizes firefighter safety, personal protective equipment, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), communications, fire behavior, building construction, ropes and knots, ladders, hose and nozzle operations, water supply, search, rescue, ventilation support, and basic incident-scene operations.
Learning Objectives
By the end of Firefighter I, students will be able to:
Unit 1: Fire Service Orientation
Fire service history, career pathways, ethics, roles, chain of command, professionalism, and fire service culture.
Unit 2: Firefighter Safety
Risk management, PPE, SCBA, wellness, rehabilitation, accountability, firefighter survival, and situational awareness.
Unit 3: Communications and Incident Command System
Radio procedures, communications reports, incident command, size-up, emergency communications, and accountability.
Unit 4: Fire Behavior
Chemistry of fire, fire growth, smoke, heat transfer, flow paths, fire dynamics, and fire-development indicators.
Unit 5: Building Construction
Construction types, collapse indicators, structural hazards, fire spread, occupancy considerations, and firefighter safety concerns.
Unit 6: Ropes and Knots
Rope care, rope safety, knots, hitches, bends, and hoisting tools and equipment.
Unit 7: Ladders and Rescue
Ground-ladder inspection, carries, raises, climbing, ladder placement, victim rescue, and victim removal.
Unit 8: Forcible Entry and Ventilation
Door and lock identification, tool selection, basic forcible entry, ventilation principles, opening-up operations, and coordinated fire-ground operations.
Unit 9: Search, Salvage, and Overhaul
Search techniques, victim removal, property conservation, salvage operations, overhaul, and evidence preservation.
Unit 10: Fire Hose and Fire Streams
Hose loads, hose deployment, hose-line advancement, nozzles, appliances, stream patterns, and hose-line safety.
Unit 11: Water Supply and Extinguishment
Hydrants, water-supply support, drafting awareness, portable extinguishers, fire-attack principles, and exposure protection.
Unit 12: Review and Capstone
Review activities, practical-skills remediation, mock certification scenarios, written review, and final training portfolio completion.
Textbook Title
Essentials of Fire Fighting, 8th Edition: Firefighter I
Annotated Book List
Not Applicable for this course.
Materials
Essentials of Fire Fighting, 8th Edition: Firefighter I
Instructor-provided handouts, skill sheets, and digital resources
Three-ring binder or dedicated fire-service notebook
Writing utensil and highlighter
Assigned PPE, work gloves, safety glasses, and water bottle
Computer or device access when required
Grading Policy/Practices
60% Major Grades – Minimum of 3–4 entries per quarter
40% Minor Grades – Minimum of 9-12 entries per quarter
Students must demonstrate mastery of required skills and earn a grade of 75 or higher each quarter to advance from Year One to Year Two.
Late Work Procedures
Students who are present in class are expected to submit assignments by the established due date. Late assignments may be submitted within five days, with a 10-point deduction for each day they are late. Assignments will not be accepted after the fifth day and will receive a zero.
Students who are absent must submit missed assignments within five days of returning to class.
Students who choose not to complete or submit an assignment while present in class may lose the privilege of participating in lab activities and may not be allowed to make up the assignment.
Redo/Retake/Revision Procedures
Students must submit assignments on time to be considered for a redo, retake, or revision opportunity.
Students who meet this requirement may be granted a redo, retake, or revision at the teacher’s discretion.
Classroom Expectations
Students must be job-ready and prepared to speak with or be interviewed by business and industry partners at any time.
Tops must be professional, meet or overlap the waistline even when working in the lab, be in good taste, and be free of excessive or large rips, tears, or holes. Clothing must keep skin covered and protected from lab debris and other potential hazards.
Bottoms must be professional and free of excessive or large rips, tears, or holes. Pants are recommended in most programs. If pants are not worn, attire must reach mid-thigh or longer and meet workplace and safety expectations.
Students must wear closed-toe shoes with full backs or heels, such as sneakers, tennis shoes, or boots, at all times. Clogs, Crocs, flip-flops, sandals, slides, slippers, and similar footwear are not permitted.
Students are expected to report to Enoree each day dressed appropriately, job-ready, and prepared to interact with business and industry partners who may visit our programs.
Magic School
This year, students will use MagicSchool AI, a generative AI platform designed specifically for education. As tools like ChatGPT and Gemini become standard in the professional world, utilizing MagicSchool prepares students for the future workforce by teaching safe and responsible technology use.
Students will use these tools for real-time feedback and dynamic problem-solving. To ensure appropriate use, teachers retain access to all student chats. MagicSchool strictly protects privacy and does not collect or utilize student data. All AI software, including MagicSchool, complies with GCS Board Policy and Administrative Rule IA.
Generative AI
This course may utilize generative AI tools, such as MagicSchool and Google Gemini, to supplement traditional instruction. Greenville County Schools prioritizes the ethical use of these technologies for brainstorming and self-guided learning.
Critical Thinking First: AI must not replace original thought or coursework.
Academic Integrity: Using AI to complete and submit assignments as original work constitutes plagiarism.
Required Citation: If teacher-approved, all AI use must be properly cited.
Content Awareness: Students must remain vigilant regarding potential biases and inaccuracies in AI-generated content.
Policy Compliance: All AI programs align with GCS Board Policy and Administrative Rule IA.
FIRE FIGHTER 2
Course Code 6515
Chief Scott Key
Teacher Contact Information
stkey@greenville.k12.SC.US
864-355-7433
https://sites.google.com/greenvilleschools.us/chiefkeysfirefightingclass?usp=sharing
Course Description
Firefighter II builds on Firefighter I knowledge and skills through more advanced fire-ground operations, incident-scene responsibilities, fire prevention, emergency operations, rescue support, and hazardous-materials response awareness. Students will apply fire-service concepts through scenario-based exercises, practical skills training, team assignments, written activities, and certification-readiness preparation.
The primary textbook for this course is Essentials of Fire Fighting, 8th Edition: Firefighter II. Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 5th Edition, will be used to support hazardous-materials and weapons-of-mass-destruction awareness and initial-response training.
Learning Objectives
1. Apply Firefighter I skills within more complex, team-based emergency scenarios.
2. Demonstrate safe operational decision-making, accountability, communications, and leadership at incident scenes.
3. Explain building construction, fire spread, collapse potential, and tactical considerations for various occupancies.
4. Conduct advanced hose, nozzle, fire-stream, water-supply, and foam-firefighting operations under supervision.
5. Describe tactical considerations for flammable-liquid fires, flammable-gas fires, and vehicle fires.
6. Support technical-rescue and vehicle-extrication operations within the firefighter’s assigned role.
7. Perform basic fire-origin-and-cause observations while preserving the scene and evidence.
8. Conduct fire-safety surveys, participate in public education, and support community-risk-reduction activities.
9. Inspect, test, clean, maintain, and document selected fire-service equipment.
10. Identify hazardous materials through occupancy clues, container shapes, placards, labels, shipping papers, safety data sheets, and the Emergency Response Guidebook.
11. Establish scene control, isolate hazards, deny entry, protect exposures, initiate notifications, and communicate hazard information at hazardous-materials incidents.
12. Describe decontamination, PPE, defensive actions, WMD awareness, and operational limitations at hazardous-materials incidents.
13. Demonstrate readiness for Firefighter II and hazardous-materials certification requirements, subject to applicable school, state, and local eligibility requirements.
Course Outline/Pacing/Scope and Sequence
Unit 1: Firefighter II Orientation
Firefighter II expectations, review of Firefighter I skills, leadership, accountability, and professional conduct.
Unit 2: Incident-Scene Operations
Tactical size-up, command support, communications, crew integrity, accountability, documentation, and incident-scene decision-making.
Unit 3: Building Construction
Building materials, collapse potential, high-risk occupancies, fire spread, building hazards, and tactical considerations.
Unit 4: Advanced Fire Suppression
Hose-line selection, fire streams, coordinated operations, water supply, exposure protection, fire-attack support, and operational safety.
Unit 5: Foam and Flammable-Liquid Fires
Foam principles, foam concentrates, foam equipment, foam application, flammable-liquid fire behavior, and tactical considerations.
Unit 6: Flammable-Gas and Vehicle Fires
Flammable-gas-fire tactics, vehicle-fire operations, vehicle hazards, alternative-fuel vehicle awareness, and scene safety.
Unit 7: Rescue and Extrication Support
Technical-rescue awareness, vehicle-extrication support, tool and equipment operations, patient protection, and rescue-scene safety.
Unit 8: Fire Cause and Origin
Scene preservation, evidence awareness, fire-pattern observations, basic origin-and-cause procedures, documentation, and reporting.
Unit 9: Inspections and Fire Prevention
Fire-safety surveys, code awareness, public education, pre-incident planning, community risk reduction, and inspection documentation.
Unit 10: Equipment Maintenance
Inspection, testing, cleaning, maintenance, inventory, equipment readiness, and reporting deficiencies.
Unit 11: Hazardous Materials
Hazard recognition, identification, container recognition, placards, labels, shipping papers, safety data sheets, Emergency Response Guidebook use, isolation, and defensive operations.
Unit 12: WMD and Decontamination
WMD indicators, scene security, PPE considerations, decontamination principles, communications, resource requests, and responder safety.
Unit 13: Review and Capstone
Review activities, practical-skills remediation, integrated incident scenarios, written review, mock certification activities, and final training portfolio completion.
HAZARDOUS-MATERIALS EXPECTATIONS
Hazardous-materials instruction will emphasize recognition, identification, safe initial actions, communication, scene isolation, defensive decision-making, and operating within the student’s level of training and authority.
Students will not perform offensive hazardous-materials operations unless they are specifically trained, equipped, supervised, authorized, and operating under an approved program plan. At all hazardous-material incidents, life safety, scene isolation, incident command, and early notification of appropriate resources take priority.
Textbook Title
Essentials of Fire Fighting, 8th Edition: Firefighter 2
Annotated Book List
Not Applicable for this course.
Materials
Essentials of Fire Fighting, 8th Edition: Firefighter II
Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 5th Edition
Instructor-provided skill sheets, incident forms, handouts, and digital materials
Three-ring binder or dedicated fire-service notebook
Writing utensil and highlighter
Assigned PPE, work gloves, safety glasses, and water bottle
Computer or device access when required
Grading Policy/Practices
60% Major Grades – Minimum of 3–4 entries per quarter
40% Minor Grades – Minimum of 9-12 entries per quarter
Students must demonstrate mastery of required skills and earn a grade of 75 or higher each quarter to advance from Year One to Year Two.
Late Work Procedures
Students who are present in class are expected to submit assignments by the established due date. Late assignments may be submitted within five days, with a 10-point deduction for each day they are late. Assignments will not be accepted after the fifth day and will receive a zero.
Students who are absent must submit missed assignments within five days of returning to class.
Students who choose not to complete or submit an assignment while present in class may lose the privilege of participating in lab activities and may not be allowed to make up the assignment.
Redo/Retake/Revision Procedures
Students must submit assignments on time to be considered for a redo, retake, or revision opportunity.
Students who meet this requirement may be granted a redo, retake, or revision at the teacher’s discretion.
Classroom Expectations
Students must be job-ready and prepared to speak with or be interviewed by business and industry partners at any time.
Tops must be professional, meet or overlap the waistline even when working in the lab, be in good taste, and be free of excessive or large rips, tears, or holes. Clothing must keep skin covered and protected from lab debris and other potential hazards.
Bottoms must be professional and free of excessive or large rips, tears, or holes. Pants are recommended in most programs. If pants are not worn, attire must reach mid-thigh or longer and meet workplace and safety expectations.
Students must wear closed-toe shoes with full backs or heels, such as sneakers, tennis shoes, or boots, at all times. Clogs, Crocs, flip-flops, sandals, slides, slippers, and similar footwear are not permitted.
Students are expected to report to Enoree each day dressed appropriately, job-ready, and prepared to interact with business and industry partners who may visit our programs.
Magic School
This year, students will use MagicSchool AI, a generative AI platform designed specifically for education. As tools like ChatGPT and Gemini become standard in the professional world, utilizing MagicSchool prepares students for the future workforce by teaching safe and responsible technology use.
Students will use these tools for real-time feedback and dynamic problem-solving. To ensure appropriate use, teachers retain access to all student chats. MagicSchool strictly protects privacy and does not collect or utilize student data. All AI software, including MagicSchool, complies with GCS Board Policy and Administrative Rule IA.
Generative AI
This course may utilize generative AI tools, such as MagicSchool and Google Gemini, to supplement traditional instruction. Greenville County Schools prioritizes the ethical use of these technologies for brainstorming and self-guided learning.
Critical Thinking First: AI must not replace original thought or coursework.
Academic Integrity: Using AI to complete and submit assignments as original work constitutes plagiarism.
Required Citation: If teacher-approved, all AI use must be properly cited.
Content Awareness: Students must remain vigilant regarding potential biases and inaccuracies in AI-generated content.
Policy Compliance: All AI programs align with GCS Board Policy and Administrative Rule IA.