Program Function and Assessment

FST/EMTProgram Review 2005 – Section II:Program Function and AssessmentProgram AccessThe Las Positas College Fire Service Technology and EMS (EMT Program) is available for entry to all students, and welcomes most all students with special needs and or physical concerns. Though some curriculum will restrict students with certain physical disabilities from meeting and completing the physical manipulative tasks required within them, it is important to note that a student could still complete a “Certificate of Achievement” within the Fire Service Technology discipline without these physically demanding courses. There are many opportunities for specialty job placements within the Fire Service that do not require a candidate to meet the rigorous physical demands or classifications of a firefighter. Some of these specialty positions may include, Plans Checker, Code Enforcement or Fire Prevention Officer, Weed Abatement Officer, Public Education Officer, Communications-Dispatcher, and Hazardous Materials Enforcement Officer. At this time, students who may have certain physical limitations and/or disabilities may be restricted from becoming be a candidate for the Fire Service in the position of Fire Fighter. Thus they will not be able to achieve an academic recognition of an Associate of Science Degree in Fire Service Technology. The AS Degree is tied to completion of the Firefighter I Academy, a physically demanding course. Students are provided guidelines for self-evaluation of their medical and/or physical limitations with consultation (if requested); following nationally recognized standards for medical and or physical limitation requirements to become a Firefighter, as set forth in NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) publication 1001 “Professional Qualifications for Firefighter”.The Las Positas College Fire Service Technology and EMS programs are actively introduced to new and prospective students. This is done through visitations and introductions of the disciplines to area High-School Job Fairs, Fire Science ROP Programs, Seniors Night, and the LPC Campus Job Fair. It is this type of outreach that continues to place Las Positas above many other programs in the area in attracting new students while some programs within the bay area region are actually experiencing stagnant or declining enrollments (i.e., Los Medanos College Fire Service Technology and Merritt College Fire Science Technology). Students at Las Positas College are fortunate to have great flexibility with scheduling opportunities for the Fire Service Technology and EMS curriculums. Our sister campus, Chabot College, also has a Fire Service Technology and EMS discipline, which nearly mirrors the Las Positas program. This has allowed greater scheduling flexibility for students for both campus programs. We are currently offering many of our programs core courses on a repetitive semester delivery schedule, alternating between evening and daytime delivery schedules for both working and non-working students. Also many of the courses repeat themselves each semester to accommodate the continued growth in enrollments within the discipline. We have classes scheduled throughout the year; this includes the summer sessions as well. Some courses are short term or have special delivery cycles that do not follow the traditional full semester cycle. The following is a typical scheduling cycle for the FST and EMS courses actively delivered each year:Spring Semester FST 50 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 51 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 52 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week FST 53 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week FST 54 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 56 Late Afternoon Full Semester-1 day each week Spring Semester (continued)FST 65 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 2FSC Late Afternoon Full Semester-1 day each weekHealth 61 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week Health 61 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week Health 51A Evening Full Semester-1 day each week Health 70A Daytime Short (modified) Semester-weekends Health 70B Daytime Short (modified) Semester-weekends Health 81 Evening/Daytime Full Semester-2 days each weekSummer SessionsFST 86 Daytime Summer Session #1-weekends Health 61 Evening All Summer Sessions-2 days each weekFall SemesterFST 50 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week FST 50 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 51 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week FST 52 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 53 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 55 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week FST 74A Late Afternoon Short (modified) semester-1day each week PE2FSC Late Afternoon Full Semester-1 day each weekHealth 61 Daytime Full Semester-1 day each week Health 61 Evening Full Semester-1 day each week Health 99.01 Evening Short (modified) Semester-weekends Health 51A Evening Full Semester-1 day each week Health 70A Daytime Short (modified) Semester-weekends Health 70B Daytime Short (modified) Semester-weekends Health 81 Evening/Daytime Full Semester-2 days each weekLas Positas College continues to experience growth in enrollments within the Fire Service and EMS disciplines. This undoubtedly will require additional courses to be added to the schedule to meet the demand, thus providing additional scheduling flexibility to our students, as funding and classroom space becomes available. Several of the courses within the discipline of Fire service Technology and EMS, do require the students to have achieved success in the completion of other courses in order to enter into them, herein referred to as pre-requisites. A successful completion of a prerequisite is referred to as a letter grade of “C” or better having been assigned to the student upon completion of attendance in the pre-requisite course. The following listing represents courses that require pre-requisite course completions in order to move forward within the program to other courses:Course Course Pre-requisiteFST 51-Fire Service Operations FST 50-Fire Protection OrganizationFST 54-Fire Prevention Technology FST 50-Fire Protection OrganizationFST 56-Fundamentals of Building FST 50-Fire Protection Organization Construction for Fire ProtectionFST 75A-Fire Instructor 1A FST 50-Fire Protection Organization FST 75B-Fire Instructor 1B FST 75A-Fire Instructor 1AFST 90A-Fire Fighter I Certification FST 50-Fire Protection Organization Preparation FST 51-Fire Service Operations FST 52-Fire Safety and Public Education FST 53-Fire Behavior and Combustion FST 65-First Responder Hazardous Materials/Incident Command ICS 200 FST 86-Wildland Interface Fire Fighting Health 61-First Responder (or EMT Cert.)FST 90B-Fire Fighter I Certification FST 90A-Fire Fighter I Certification Preparation PreparationFST 90C-Fire Fighter I Certification FST 90B-Fire Fighter I Certification Preparation PreparationFST 92-Fire Fighter II Certification FST 54-Fire Prevention Technology FST 55-Fire Protection Equipment and Systems FST 90A, 90B, 90C-Fire Fighter I Certification FST 70B-Advanced Rescue Practices Health 81-EMT CertificationFST 95-Work Experience FST 90A, 90B, 90C-Fire Fighter I Certification Health 81-EMT Certification *Corequisite, FST 96-Work Experience SeminarFST 96-Work Experience Seminar FST 90A, 90B, 90C-Fire Fighter I Certification Health 81-EMT Certification *Corequisite, FST 95-Work Experience Course Course Pre-requisiteHealth 70B-Professional CPR Health 70A-Community CPRHealth 81-Emergency Medical Technician Health 61-First Responder I-BasicFacultyThe Las Positas College Fire Service Technology and EMS disciplines are proud to have some of the most talented and dedicated educators in Northern California. Currently, only one faculty member with the college is full time within the two disciplines. The Fire Service Technology program currently has a full time program coordinator / instructor who was hired in 2005. There are plans in the future to hire a full time program coordinator for the EMS (EMT) discipline as continued enrollment growth and funding availability dictates. Currently the EMT program has a part-time coordinator and primary instructor. The EMT and other EMS related curriculum currently fall under the oversight of the full time program coordinator of the fire service technology program. The Fire Service Technology Program currently has a staff of six adjunct instructors with one full time instructor-program coordinator. The EMS discipline has currently eleven adjunct instructors, which includes one part-time program coordinator for the EMT program. The following is a list of all instructors within the two disciplinesFire Service Technology InstructorsRon Johansen (FT) Program Coordinator Primary Courses of Instruction: FST, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 74A Agency Affiliation: San Francisco Fire DepartmentJeff Zolfarelli Adjunct (Deputy Chief) Primary Course of Instruction: FST 53 Agency Affiliation: Livermore Pleasanton Fire DepartmentJohn Torres Adjunct (Captain) Primary Course of Instruction: FST 51 Agency Affiliation: Alameda County Fire DepartmentJohn Walsh Adjunct (Assistant Chief) Primary Course of Instruction: FST 50 Agency Affiliation: Alameda County Fire DepartmentDerek Krause Adjunct (Division Chief) Primary Course of Instruction: PE2FSC Agency Affiliation: San Ramon Valley Fire Protection DistrictTim Kordes Adjunct (Engineer) Primary Course of Instruction: FST 52 Agency Affiliation: Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department Fire Service Technology Instructors (continued)Gordon Dakin Adjunct (Captain) Primary Courses of Instruction: FST 65 and FST 86 Agency Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Fire Department (LLNL) *San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District (Board of Director)Emergency Medical Services (Health) InstructorsSebastion Wong Adjunct-EMT Program Coordinator (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 81 (EMT) Agency Affiliation: San Francisco Fire Department Paramedic SupervisorRobert Young Adjunct (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 81 (EMT) *retired Agency Affiliation: Berkeley Fire DepartmentJosh Gatkin Adjunct (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 81 (EMT) Agency Affiliation: Livermore Pleasanton Fire DepartmentLori Adkins Adjunct (Firefighter) Primary Courses of Instruction: Health 61, Health 81 (EMT) *retired Agency Affiliation: California Division of Forestry (CDF)Jane Morehead Adjunct (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Courses of Instruction: Health 81 (EMT), Health 99.01 Agency Affiliation: Livermore Pleasanton Fire DepartmentKathy Voelker Adjunct (Paramedic/FF) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 81 (EMT) *retired Agency Affiliation: Berkeley Fire DepartmentEd Silveira Adjunct (Captain) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 61 Agency Affiliation: Alameda County Fire DepartmentZel Helstrom Adjunct (Firefighter-Vol.) Primary Courses of Instruction: Health 70A, 70B, 61 Agency Affiliation: American Red Cross (Bay Area Chapter) San Ramon Valley Fire Protection DistrictStephanie Radecke Adjunct (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 61 Agency Affiliation: Alameda County Fire Department Emergency Medical Services (Health) Instructors (continued)Robin Payne Adjunct (Captain-Paramedic) Primary Course of Instruction: Health 61 Agency Affiliation: Alameda County Fire DepartmentNaren Dave Adjunct Primary Course of Instruction: Health 51AEquipment and InfrastructureCurrent facilities within the Fire Service Technology and EMS disciplines have vastly improved over the past few years. This is especially true regarding our continued enrollment growth, which has allowed for a greater commitment from both the college and form surrounding fire service agencies. We have a dedicated classroom (classroom 2201) for the vast majority of our courses delivered in both disciplines. This classroom includes significant secured cabinet storage space for the immediate access and utilization of technical equipment necessary for instruction. The campus also has a large storage shed located adjacent to the outdoor basketball courts on the north side of the campus for the Fire Service Technology program. This shed houses significant quantities of highly specialized fire fighting equipment necessary for many of the current courses provided on campus. This equipment includes and is not limited to: ladders, hose, nozzles, forcible entry tools, self contained breathing apparatus, turnouts, helmets (both structural and wildland), wildland protective clothing, shelters, extinguishers, training models and demonstrators for fire detection and fixed fire suppression systems, emergency lighting systems, salvage covers, wildland handtools, axes, chain saws and prying tools. Additional equipment of specialized types exists within the storage as well. These tools also provide the equipment necessary for providing a Firefighter I Training Academy. Las Positas College is also the proud owners of two unique fire response apparatus, necessary for augmenting the educational experience for our students. The first is a 1972 Type I, 1250gpm, Ford Custom Cab, Van Pelt Fire Engine. The apparatus is in excellent condition and is considered to be of front line quality condition by most fire department agency standards. This apparatus is unique in that it has pre-plumbed foam capabilities and also has pump and role capabilities for wildland fire response mitigation. This apparatus currently is utilized in the FST 50 (Introduction Class), the FST 65 (Hazmat) and the FST 86 (Wildland) class for specialized instruction. The college has recently taken possession of a 1990 International Medium Duty, Rescue-Ambulance. This apparatus is also in excellent condition and is considered to be of front line quality condition by most fire department agency standards. This apparatus provides a very unique training platform for our Health 81 (Emergency Medical Technician 1-Basic) students for developing true ambulance performance skills. This unique training platform capability is the exception in comparison to most EMT training programs, thus placing Las Positas in an enviable position. The apparatus being a Medium Duty Rescue unit provides excellent storage capabilities for specialized rescue training equipment (i.e., Jaws of Life, and rescue hardware for high angle rope rescue systems) The unit provides the mobility to transport the equipment to unique training sites off campus. Portable Radio’s, defibrillators, Oxygen equipment, also round the technical training equipment available to the program. In all, the Las Positas College Fire and EMS Program could legitimately operate as an independent fire department with full response capabilities considering its equipment and apparatus resources. Future fire apparatus acquisitions and equipment purchases are in the planning stages to further benefit the student’s educational experience here at Las Positas College.FinancesCurrently the college faces some immediate financial limitations, which do not allow for growth in our annual equipment purchasing capabilities for both disciplines. However, currently, both disciplines have the ability to compete for annual Measure Four funds through grant requests within the college district. For the past two years significant purchases have been successfully made through these funds for the EMS program. As the programs continue to grow, and as funding becomes more stable in the future, increases within the annual equipment operating funds will need to be made. This will necessary for the programs to remain current with new technologies and or safety mandates from accrediting agencies to new equipment standards (i.e., wildland fire shelters, wildland clothing and structural fire helmets).Grades – Program SuccessThe Fire Service and EMS disciplines continue to express to their students the requirement for top grades and high academic achievement in their respective disciplines. For fire service technology students it is important for them to realize two key components for high academic achievement and the necessity to place academic honors as a goal of their education. A career in the fire service is the most sought after civil service career today in the United States, thus making the competition that much more challenging for those who seek successful employment. As professional firefighters, in today’s fire service you are now considered to be a professional student as well. This is because of the significant wide range of response capabilities that a firefighter must maintain. State and federal training mandates and the wide range of highly technical skills and knowledge that must be mastered and maintained throughout ones career dictate a high learning capability with proven success. This is what fire departments are looking for in today’s firefighter. The same is true for Emergency Medical Technicians. We are unique in that we require our Health 81 (EMT) students to have successfully completed the Health 61 “First Responder” course with a letter grade of “C” in order to enroll in the EMT class. This has allowed our students to have a stronger line of knowledge and skills to build upon for increased success in the very demanding and challenging Health 81 (EMT) class. We emphasize to our students that we do not wish to have them just “get by” or “just complete the EMT program”. We want them to truly master the skills and knowledge required, so that they can successfully pass the third party National Registry exam for certification and find gainful employment as well. There are many programs available but for a steep price and with mixed results often allowing for certification but not to a level that will allow someone to work as a professional EMT. We often start by emphasizing to our students, “Who would you want come to you aid in serious times of injury or illness, the “A” student or the “B” or “C” student. Emergency medicine is a different type of learning environment with no room for failure. We are proud to say that we have a large number of students who perform exceptionally well and achieve high academic marks in both disciplines and go onto graduate with honors. The EMT class, which just completed their National Registry Testing from the fall 2005 semester, is to be recognized as having achieved a 92% first time testing pass rate. The national average is 67%. This testing pass rate for taking the National Registry for the first time is the highest for any EMT training program in Northern California. This is truly a reflection of the dedication and commitment that out instructors have to the success of our students.Within the Fire Service Technology Program the students are passing their courses on an average 82% per semester basis for the past 6 semesters. With less than then 6.3% of the students receiving a letter grade of “D”, “F” or “NC” (no credit). EnrollmentsWhen looking at our enrollments (See program review data sheet template) our enrollments in the Fire Service Technology discipline have continued to rise each year from 276 in the fall semester of 2002 to 383 in the spring semester of 2005. This represents a 39% increase in just six semesters. Our FTES continues to remain strong at 36.92 in the spring semester of 2005 and only having dropped below 30 one time to 24.96 in the fall semester of 2002. A peak 51.86 FTES was reached in the spring semester of 2003. An average of 25% of the Fire Service Technology students desire to move on to a four-year program seeking a Bachelors degree.The Fire Service Technology program has demonstrated an average 113% Fill Rate at census as part of its Program Efficiency for the data collected from the Fall Semester of 2002 to the Spring Semester of 2005. Average course retention for the six semesters of data show an average retention of 88%. On average less than 12% of the students would withdraw from fire service technology courses each semester.A concern of the program is the low numbers of degrees and certificates issued in Fire Service Technology. It is believed that this trend is already improving. Ten associates degrees were rewarded in the spring semester of 2005, a significant increase from past semesters in the data. It has only been this past year that a new emphasis has been placed by instructors to students to apply for the certificate of achievement. Thus it is believed that these numbers will also begin to rise dramatically over the next few semesters. Many students were not aware that they could seek both a degree and certificate, while completing their courses in Fire Service Technology. No degrees or certificates are awarded in the EMS discipline.When looking at the EMS discipline, enrollments have begun to drop off steadily for the past six semesters within the data collected, from a peak of 345 in the fall semester of 2002 to 205 in the spring semester of 2005. This represents a 40% drop and is a major concern. Fill rate at census has also shown a decline having dropped to 77% from a high of 97%. It is believed that this trend has occurred due to recent competition that has entered into the region from several private entities providing EMT Training. This has impacted our enrollments because students could complete an Emergency Medical Technician course in a shorter time frame and without a pre-requisite course of “First Responder” (Health 61). A concern has been the quality of these programs with a fear that the standards for completion were questionable. This fear may be limited however, as of January 1st of 2006, all EMT students need to complete and pass a comprehensive third party examination process to receive their certification as an EMT through the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians National Registry. It is believed that as students realize that a high quality education is necessary for successful completion of this examination process, many will opt to complete their EMS (EMT) training here at Las Positas. This is especially true in light of our recent testing success. Program Support (Dialogue with other programs) The Las Positas College Fire Service Technology program does work closely with the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the California State Office of Emergency Services for providing certification in certain courses offered in the program. Certifications are provided through the California State Fire Service Training and Education System (CFSTES) and the Fire Service Training Educational Programs (FSTEP) of the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Division of Training. Additional certifications come from the California State Training Institute (CSTI) of the California State Office of Emergency Services. For the EMS Programs we work closely with the California EMS Authority and the Alameda County EMS District for accreditation and certification for our students. This includes the National Safety Council, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians and the American Heart Association. For oversight and guidance of the two disciplines there is a Fire and EMS Advisory Board. This Advisory Board, which has representation from area Fire Service Agencies and EMS providers, provides critical guidance to the development and validation of the two disciplines here at Las Positas College. This Board meets two times each year, in the fall and spring semesters. It is this excellent support network provided from local agencies through the Advisory Board that has allowed our programs to flourish. The California State University System continues to provide articulation of many of the Fire Service Technology courses into their system for transfer. This is important for many of our students who wish to continue pursuing a four-year degree. Some notable institutions providing direct four-year degrees in Fire Service Technology, Prevention and or Administration in California are:California State Long Beach California State Sacramento California State San Diego University of California Los Angeles Cogswell CollegeWe continue to encourage our students to also become active in the community and to volunteer as a component of developing their resume and for demonstrating a willingness to participate in community service. Many of the students within the program become volunteer/reserve fire fighters in the surrounding local agencies. Students also become volunteers for the American Red Cross in Disaster Services and First Aid Stations and First Aid/CPR Education. Some also become volunteers with the Sheriff’s Department Office of Emergency Services as members of the Search and rescue Teams. Some even become volunteers for the Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic Rock Services, “Rock-Med”, providing medical care at concert venues throughout the Bay Area. Our programs here at Las Positas continue to be recognized by many agencies and special interests organizations due to the hard work and dedication of service demonstrated by our students.Section III:Assessment and RecognitionThe Las Positas College Fire Service Technology and EMS disciplines are both on tract to achieve many new and exciting accomplishments. Plans are in the making to pursue a “Pre- Hospital Care Paramedic” training program. It is a desire to provide a comprehensive program within the next two to three years if funding permits. This will undoubtedly place Las Positas on the map of EMS training in Northern California. Only two other community college pre- hospital care paramedic programs currently exist in the Bay Area (City College of San Francisco and Foothill College). A recent three-day educational seminar was held at Las Positas College in which we were the host facility for the National Association of EMS Educators, which brought significant recognition of our program to our peers in the industry. The recent success of our students with regards to passing the National Registry Testing for EMT’s with a 92% passing rate (first time out) speaks volumes about where our program is headed and its recognized success rate as highest in Northern California and well above the national average of 67%.The Fire Service Technology program continues to grow at a significant rate as we continue to draw new local students and even more students from outside of our immediate service area. This is a testament to the high quality of instructors here at Las Positas College. Unfortunately we are at a crossroads. We currently do not have a local Fire Academy offered through Las Positas College. The students of Las Positas College must attend the Fire Fighter I Preparation program (FST 90A, 90B and 90C) at Chabot College. In the past this has not been a concern. Plenty of space was available for students to enter into the classes at Chabot College in the past when our enrollment numbers and Chabot’s enrollment numbers in Fire Service Technology were lower. With significant increase in enrollments experienced in both programs there are no longer enough spaces for our students to adequately gain entry into the Chabot Firefighter I Preparation classes. This spring semester class of 2006 filled its enrollments and was closed to further enrollment within 10 minutes of the first day of open registration by 7:10am. Students at Las Positas College must go through a specific counselor at Chabot in order to have their transcripts transferred to Chabot for registration into the FST 90A-C classes due to some minor differences in curriculum though no differences exist in the core pre-requisite courses. This delay results in many Las Positas students failing to get in easily on the first day of open enrollments. Many Las Positas Students have completed all aspects of their education and have no other curriculum to complete and have not been able to gain entry into the Fire Fighter I Preparation classes at Chabot. Thus their ability to complete their education and receive their degree has been delayed. This has meant that many of these same students were delayed from being eligible to test for many Fire Service Agencies. This occurred because they were unable to meet the application requirements of having completed a Fire Fighter I training program. Some of these agencies may not test again for several years. Needless to say, this has become of a problem in the past few of semesters and will only get worse if our enrollments continue to climb. Many of our students through frustration have gone to other colleges to receive their Fire Fighter I training, with some never returning to complete their program here at Las Positas College. This too is becoming more difficult for students. The demand is greater than the number of Firefighter I training programs. Los Medanos College just closed their Firefighter I training program due to financial concerns and declining enrollments. Merritt College also eliminated its Firefighter I training program. Butte College now only allows students to enter under a lottery system because of the high number of applicants from throughout the state. It is important to recognize that this could be the Las Positas College Fire Service Technology, Achilles heel here at Las Positas College. If enough students become disenfranchised because they are unable to complete their program requirements here at Las Positas College and face unwelcome and damaging delays (especially for older students) they will opt to take their Fire Service Training in another program. From a Fire Service Perspective, the best programs are measured on the totality of their programs but primarily by their Firefighter I Preparation Training programs (Fire Academy). The top Fire Service Technology programs in the state and most recognized are those with a Fire Fighter I Training Program (Fire Academy). This is the greatest limitation to the program’s future success. As for post employment curriculum there is a saturation of these program courses currently in the Bay Area by multiple private entities as well as by every Fire Service Technology College Program in the Bay Area as well. Most classes are having difficulty maintaining adequate enrollments due to this saturation. Some of the classes that are in great demand however also require significant infrastructure in highly specialized and expensive training facilities. Where some of these facilities exist, a common theme of shared FTES revenue is expressed and desired by these agencies in partnership with a community college. Motives can also be a desire to see the state pay for a fire agencies training needs through a community college. The state or the community colleges picks-up the training costs of departments training needs to reduce their personal budgetary impacts. In the Tri-Valley area alone we face competition from several private entities that have conducted post employment training in our service area:Industrial Emergency Council American Training Services, Inc. Fire Nuggets.com Northern California Training Institute North Tree Fire Continuing to provide excellent training and education has been a focus and successful component of our program. The program has recently established a Fire Service Technology, Color Guard, which recently took first place in color guard competition at the 2005 Livermore Rodeo Parade. The new Public Safety Cluster student club is beginning as of the writing of this program review. Exciting field trips are planned to further motivate our students, such as to the Columbia Fire Muster, a bay cruise on the San Francisco FireBoat. T-shirts, hats, patches, sweatshirts with our program’s logo are available to students to wear with pride. A first ever Fire Service combined sorority-fraternity honor society (3.0gpa or better) in a community college called the Vigiles (first fire) is in the planning phases with expressed sponsorship by the California State Firefighters Association (CSFA). The following are some new courses being proposed to bring to Las Positas College in the near future as funding permits: Auto Extrication Confined Space Awareness and Operations Trench Rescue Swift Water Rescue Awareness Lifeguard training (with new pool) Rescue Systems I ICS 300 and ICS 400 Upgrade the Wildland FST 86 Class to Wildland Fire Fighter IStudent Learning Outcomes (SLO)Currently with regards to Student Learning Outcomes (SLO), only the EMT program has made significant steps to meet this requirement. Part of the process included the development of scripted skills scenario’s with clear, measurable objectives of performance. This has already begun to reap rewards and will only provide a means by which the success rate for students within the EMT program will only continue to improve. In the PE2FSC program the students will now complete a CPAT official test for Fire Service Agility. The test will be conducted as part of the performance standards of the course, and will be administered through the California Joint Apprenticeship Program CPAT testing center in Dublin for Northern California. Additional Student Learning Outcomes will be developed to improve the delivery of educational materials to students and to improve the performance of Instructors thus insuring the highest quality of education is being provided to our students. This will be an ongoing process that has already begun.Section IVPlanning and ImplementationThere are no new immediate requests for faculty in the Fire Service Technology program or the EMS programs. It is important that in the following Health courses however, that a 10 to 1 ratio of students to instructor, be maintained with the lab components of skills training:Health 70A Health 70B Health 61 Health 81 Health 99.1*This is maintained through adequate budgeting and availability of Professional ExpertsCurrently two student aids are employed through a Federal grant program and work 7 hours each week. Primary responsibilities are with equipment and apparatus management and maintenance for both the Fire Service Technology and EMS disciplines. Equipment NeedsImmediate new equipment needs required of the Fire Service Technology program are necessary due to safety and state mandates for students in specific classes. New “Structural Helmets” will need to be purchased by January 1st, 2007 for the PE2FSC class. New CalOSHA and NFPA standards will make the current helmets obsolete. By July 1st of 2006, all agencies and training programs participating in live wildland fire activities will be required to provide the new “Fire Shelter” as mandated under NFPA and CalOSHA. These are the most pressing immediate equipment purchases necessary for continuance of the PE2FSC class and the FST 86 class. The Fire hose and nozzles will allow us to outfit the current fire apparatus (fire engine) with its required hose compliment, which at this time it does not carry. This was identified as a deficiency by the California State Office of Emergency Services and the Alameda County and Contra Costa County Fire Chiefs Training Officers Association during our participation in the Wildland 2005 Live Fire Training burns*.*Please note that there are four regional, annual live fire wildland training burns conducted in the State of California for all professional and volunteer fire departments. Las Positas College is one of only two college based fire service-training programs that participate in these events annually in the state. Our continued participation is vital to our Wildland Firefighting class (FST 86).Structural Helmets (40) UST Bullards $250 each x (40) = $10,000Fire Shelters (30) Large 86” $292 each x (25) = $ 7,300Fire Hose 400’, 2.5” (8x50’) $160 each x (8) = $ 1,280 600’, 3” (12x50’) $212 each x (12) = $ 2,544 600’, 5” (12x50’) $482 each x (12) = $ 5,784 600’, 1.75”(12x50’) $112 each x (12) = $ 1,344Playpipe Nozzle Axial Pyrolite $690 each x (2) = $ 1,380 (double tip) est. sales tax $ 2,445Estimated Total Costs $32,070 Appendix A: Course OutlinesCourse Number Course Name Units Last Revision Date(Fire Service Technology)FST 50 Fire Protection Organization 3 Nov. 1999 (LPC)FST 51 Fire Service Operations 3 May 1995FST 52 Firefighter Safety and Public Education 3 March 1993FST 53 Fire Behavior and Combustion 3 Nov. 1999 (LPC)FST 54 Fire Prevention Technology 3 Nov. 1999 (LPC)FST 55 Fire Protection Equipment and Systems 3 Nov. 1999 (LPC)FST 56 Fundamentals of Building Construction 3 Nov. 1999 (LPC) for Fire ProtectionFST 65 First Responder Hazardous Materials 2 Nov. 1999 (LPC) Incident Command ICS 200 FST 70A Basic Rescue Practices 2 Sept. 1995FST 70B Advanced Rescue Practices 2 Sept. 1995FST 71A Fire Command 1A 2 Mar. 1993FST 71B Fire Command 1B 2 Mar. 1993FST 72 Fire Service Management 2 Mar. 1993FST 73A Fire Prevention 1A 2 Mar. 1993FST 73B Fire Prevention 1B 2 Sept. 1995FST 74A Fire Investigation 1A 2 Nov. 2005 (LPC)FST 75A Fire Instructor 1A 2 Sep. 1995FST 75B Fire Instructor 1B 2 Sept. 1995FST 86 Wildland Interface Fire Fighting 2 Nov. 1999 (LPC) Course Number Course Name Units Last Revision DateFST 90A Firefighter I Certification Preparation 2 Nov. 1999 (LPC) Module AFST 90B Firefighter I Certification Preparation 2 Sept. 1995 Module BFST 90C Firefighter I Certification Preparation 2 Sept. 1995 Module CFST 92 Firefighter II Certification Preparation 4 Sept. 1995FST 95 Work Experience 1-3 April 1995FST 96 Work Experience Seminar 1 Sept. 1995FST 97.47 Mathematics and Mechanics Related to 2 April 1994 Fire FightingFST 99.50 Fire Prevention 2A 1.5 Jan. 1999 (LPC) Fire Protection Systems & Building ComponentsFST 99.51 Fire Prevention 2B 1.5 April 1999 (LPC) Fire Code & Building CoordinationPE2FSC Fire Science Conditioning 1 Nov. 1999 (LPC)(HEALTH-EMS) Health 51A Basic Medical Terminology 4 Oct. 1993Health 60 Responding to Emergencies 1 Nov. 1993Health 61 First Responder 2.5 Jan. 2000 (LPC)Health 70A Community CPR .5 Oct. 1993Health 70B Professional CPR .5 Oct. 1993Health 81 Emergency Medical Technician 1-Basic) 6.5 Sept. 1998 (LPC)Health 99.01 EMT Refresher

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