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Oct 31, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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FSC 210 - Advanced Fire Behavior and Combustion Description: Advanced theories of how and why fires start, spread, and how they are controlled.
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Math and chemistry review
- Properties of matter and physics
- Gaseous combustion
- Ignitable liquids
- Solid combustion
- Heat release rate
- Heat transfer
- Ignition
- Enclosure fire dynamics
- Fire modeling
- Extinguishment
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify physical properties of the three states of matter. (2, 4-6)
- Categorize the components of fire. (4-6)
- Explain the physical and chemical properties of fire. (1-3)
- Describe and apply the process of burning. (7-9)
- Use basic terms and concepts associated with the chemistry and dynamics of fire. (1, 2)
- Explain the effect and dangers of air movement on the combustion process. (3, 7, 9, 10)
- Discuss various materials and their relationship to fires as fuel. (9-11)
- Describe the characteristics of water as a fire suppression agent. (3, 11)
- Articulate other suppression agents and strategies. (11)
- Compare other methods and techniques of fire extinguishments. (11)
Required Assessment:
- Pre- and Post-test.
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