Fire Inspector 2 Series – Course Description

Ricky Rescue Training Academy’s “Fire Inspector 2 Series” is a self‑paced online or blended fire course with continuous enrollment that provides a total of 135 hours of instruction, satisfying a bundle of pre‑certification requirements for Florida Fire Inspector II. The series includes Fire Chemistry (FFP 2111), Private Fire Protection Systems 2 (FFP 2541), and Ethical and Legal Issues (FFP 2770). All components align with the Florida State Fire College standards for Fire Inspector certification.

Detailed Course Content

1. Fire Chemistry (FFP 2111)

A 45‑hour online course delivering 45 CEUs, focusing on the scientific principles of combustion, fire behavior, and thermal dynamics essential for fire investigation and inspection.

Key learning outcomes:

• Understand fire dynamics and behavior under various conditions.
• Analyze combustion processes and heat transfer in fire scenarios.
• Apply chemical principles to assess fire origin, spread, and suppression techniques.
• Study matter, energy, and combustion reactions with direct application to arson investigation.
• Integrate NFPA 921 guidelines on fire and explosion investigations.
• Practical assignments: case study analysis and a final project requiring NFPA investigation research and presentation.
• Grading: quizzes, group project, written exam; minimum passing score of 70%.

Suggested textbook: Fire Dynamics (2nd Ed.), Gorbett, Pharr & Rockwell; Brady Fire Series, ISBN: 9780133842708

2. Private Fire Protection Systems 2 (FFP 2541)

A 45‑hour online course delivering 45 CEUs, providing advanced instruction on detection and suppression systems used in private or specialty hazard environments.

Key learning outcomes:

• Evaluate design, components, and operations of specialized fire alarm systems.
• Understand design standards and installation requirements for private protection systems.
• Recognize maintenance and functional testing protocols for system integrity.
• Study extinguishers, chemical suppression systems, pre-engineered systems, and modern detection/alarm devices.
• Apply NFPA 1031 Job Performance Requirements (JPRs) for inspection, testing, and readiness of suppression and alarm systems.
• Hands-on modules: smoke control, detector placement, alarm circuits, and suppression system inspection.
• Grading: individual exercises, group project, and written exam; minimum passing score of 70%.
• Attendance requirement: maximum 10% absence permitted; practical participation mandatory.

Suggested textbook: Design of Special Hazard and Fire Alarm Systems (2008), Thomson Delmar Learning, ISBN: 9781418039509

3. Ethical and Legal Issues (FFP 2770)

A 45‑hour online course delivering 45 CEUs, addressing the ethics, legal frameworks, and liabilities faced by Fire Inspectors in professional duties.

Key learning outcomes:

• Students are also taught guidelines for making ethical decisions. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand how ethics impact the environment of the fire department and fire service
  • Understand the processes by which laws and regulations are created at all levels of government and how these authorities (Federal, state, and local authorities) create laws and regulations.
  • Comprehend the court system at the national, state, and local levels and will be able to know the jurisdictions of each.
  • Recognize the organizations and entities responsible for the provision of emergency services and fire protection.
  • Recognize the powers granted to each administrative agency as well as that agency’s role in the community.
  • Comprehend the elements of a crime and know the differences between criminal offenses and statutory crimes.
  • Understand the procedures for apprehending criminals, including arrests, exclusionary rules, and who can be charged with a criminal offense.
  • Recognize civil liabilities such as battery, assault, intentional torts, and false imprisonment and how those civil liabilities may affect the fire services.
  • Understand negligence and how it can impact the fire service
  • Understand immunity law as it impacts the state
  • Recognize how and which types of contractual issues can affect the fire service.
  • Comprehend labor laws and collective bargaining
  • Understand how employment discrimination can affect the fire service
  • Comprehend drug testing policies and procedures, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act
  • Recognize what constitutes employee discrimination and be able to identify these instances, including sexual harassment
  • Understand public accountability laws

Suggested textbooks: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services; J. Curtis Varone; Thompson Delmar Learning (2007) Second Edition ISBN: 978-1- 4018-6571- 9.

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