Firefighter II

Fire Fighter II Syllabus

Instructor Information                     

Bryan G. Riebe               briebe@greenville.k12.sc.us

Office Hours:                   Monday-Friday 8:30-4:00

 General Information

 Course Code:  6515

 Description

This course is designed to provide participants with knowledge and skills required at the Firefighter II certification level. Course requirements include standards set by NFPA 1010 Standard on Professional Qualifications for Firefighters, Chapter 7 2024 edition.

The Firefighter II Curriculum uses all seven chapters of IFSTA’s Essentials of Firefighting, Firefighter II; 8th edition. Firefighter II is designed to continue firefighter training from the Firefighter I skill level and prepare students for an accredited end of course exam.

Firefighter II includes both lecture and practical skills to develop specific task requirements across a wide range of topics required throughout emergency services.

Student firefighters will continue teamwork development learned in previous courses to accomplish required tasks and complete Firefighter II objectives.

This course will include written and practical skills. An end of course written examination is given to complete the class. Students must receive a 70% on the written examination and receive a pass on all skills to receive a completion for the course.

Students who complete all course requirements will meet/exceed NFPA 1010 Standard on Professional Qualifications for Firefighters: Chapter 7 and will receive an 1197 course certificate from the South Carolina Fire Academy. Students who have not yet attained the age of 18 will receive a provisional certificate which becomes effective on their 18th birthday.

Students receiving a 1197 course certificate will be offered opportunities to challenge the IFSAC national FFI certification exam and if successful will receive a national IFSAC Firefighter certificate and a ProBoard application.

Expectations and Goals

Academic testing is conducted for each chapter and module.  An accreditation test is administered by a South Carolina Fire Academy certified test proctor at the end of the course.  A minimum of 70% is required to pass the course.  At the conclusion of the course, a SCFA test proctor conducts a practical skills test.  The skills are objectively measured by pass or fail with students allowed 3 opportunities of completing the skill.

South Carolina Department of Labor and the SCFA requires all students to be a minimum of 16 years of age at the time of registration.

Each student must become an active member of a local fire department.  The student must belong to a sanctioned Junior Fire Fighter program or a Boy Scouts of America Fire Explorer Post.  Donaldson Career Center offers memberships to Belmont Fire Department as the sponsoring fire department. 

Students should have a strong understanding of Math, Science, and Physics

South Carolina Fire Academy (SCFA) requires 80% attendance for SCFA transcript credit and to sit for the practical evaluation.

Academic testing is conducted for each chapter and module. A cumulative End of Course exam is administered and the student may test a total of 3 times on the EOC

For South Carolina Fire Academy transcript credit and for the opportunity to sit for the national accreditation exam, a minimum of 70% is required on the EOC exam. 

At the conclusion of the course, SCFA test proctors conduct practical testing of skills. The skills are objectively measured by pass or fail with students allowed 3 opportunities of completing the skill.

Students are offered opportunities to sit for the national accreditation test which is administered by a South Carolina Fire Academy certified test proctor at various locations throughout the state.

Students successfully completing Firefighter I who are not yet 18 will receive a provisional certificate which validates on their 18th birthday.

Required Text

For each registered student in Firefighter II the following textbooks are provided as online versions by the SCFA:

Essentials of Firefighting 8th Edition-published by International Fire Service Training Association.

Hands on Skills Workbook-published by SCFA

Basic Auto Extrication-published by SCFA

 Topics

Incident Scene Operations

Bldg. Materials Structural Collapse

Tech Rescue Support

Foam Liquid and Gas Firefighting

Fire Origin and Cause

Maintenance and Testing

Community Risk Reduction

Ropes and Knots

Additional Courses 

Classroom Tips for Success

Be prepared for class each day by being on time; have a fully charged district provided Chromebook; place cell phones in the provided storage area, and have access to personal notebook/pen/pencil.

Firefighting is a team approach-have a positive attitude, participate and work at full potential

Listen to directions, restating them if asked by an instructor.

Be respectful-firefighters serve everyone.

Uphold fire service traditions-chain of command; flag etiquette, and symbols of honor.

Evaluation and Grading

Donaldson Career Center follows Greenville County School District grading scale.

• 100-90 A

• 89-80 B

• 79-70 C

• 69-60 D

• 59-50 F

*Reminder-The South Carolina Fire Academy requires 70% completion on each chapter test and end of course exam to receive fire academy transcript credit and to sit for the national certification testing. 

Course Late Work

Students will have one week from the assigned due date to complete any missing/incomplete work.

Course Make-Up 

Per South Carolina Fire Academy guidelines, students must attend 80% of the required course to receive transcript credit and to sit for the End of Course exam and practical skills evaluation. Students not meeting SCFA attendance requirements; failing to meet program requirements, and/or missing practical skills evaluation will receive an incomplete and will forfeit their opportunity to acquire Firefighter I status.