2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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FT 151 - Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply


Credits: 3
Description
This course provides a foundation of theoretical knowledge in order to understand the principles of the use of water in fire protection and to apply hydraulic principles to analyze and to solve water supply problems. FESHE Non-Core Course.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Apply the application of mathematics and physics to the movement of water in fire suppression activities.
  2. Identify the design principles of fire service pumping apparatus.
  3. Analyze community fire flow demand criteria.
  4. Demonstrate, through problem solving, a through understanding of the principles of forces that affect water at rest and in motion.
  5. List and describe the various types of water distribution systems.

Prerequisite: FT 101  and MATH 104B ; or Instructor approval



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