Title: Public Safety I (15101-I)

Demonstrating Personal Qualities and Abilities
  Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
  Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving.
  Demonstrate initiative and self-direction.
  Demonstrate integrity.
  Demonstrate work ethic.
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Demonstrating Interpersonal Skills
  Demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
  Demonstrate listening and speaking skills.
  Demonstrate respect for diversity.
  Demonstrate customer service skills.
  Collaborate with team members.
Demonstrating Professional Competencies
  Demonstrate big-picture thinking.
  Demonstrate career- and life-management skills.
  Demonstrate continuous learning and adaptability.
  Manage time and resources.
  Demonstrate information-literacy skills.
  Demonstrate an understanding of information security.
  Maintain working knowledge of current information-technology (IT) systems.
  Demonstrate proficiency with technologies, tools, and machines common to a specific occupation.
  Apply mathematical skills to job-specific tasks.
  Demonstrate professionalism.
  Demonstrate reading and writing skills.
  Demonstrate workplace safety.
Examining All Aspects of an Industry
  Examine aspects of planning within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization.
  Examine aspects of financial responsibility within an industry/organization.
  Examine technical and production skills required of workers within an industry/organization.
  Examine principles of technology that underlie an industry/organization.
  Examine labor issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine community issues related to an industry/organization.
  Examine health, safety, and environmental issues related to an industry/organization.
Addressing Elements of Student Life
  Identify the purposes and goals of the student organization.
  Explain the benefits and responsibilities of membership in the student organization as a student and in professional/civic organizations as an adult.
  Demonstrate leadership skills through participation in student organization activities, such as meetings, programs, and projects.
  Identify Internet safety issues and procedures for complying with acceptable use standards.
Exploring Work-Based Learning
  Identify the types of work-based learning (WBL) opportunities.
  (Optional) Reflect on lessons learned during the WBL experience.
  Explore career opportunities related to the WBL experience.
  (Optional) Participate in a WBL experience, when appropriate.
Following Criminal Justice and Firefighting Safety Standards
  Identify classroom safety rules and procedures.
  Identify school safety policies and procedures.
  Follow general safety procedures.
  Identify equipment safety rules and procedures.
  (Optional) Earn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 certification.
  Demonstrate practices that promote health and wellness.
  List common causes of death in firefighters.
  Outline the physical fitness standards for firefighters.
  Define risk management.
  Identify the features of conducting an organized rapid escape.
  Identify procedures to follow when an entrapment occurs.
  Identify the importance of the NFPA standards to the fire service.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Introducing the Criminal Justice System
  Describe the elements of the criminal justice system.
  Explain the role of the criminal justice system within the structure of the federal, state, and local governments.
  Differentiate between criminal justice and criminology.
  Describe the historical basis of the American criminal justice system.
  Explore criminal justice systems across the globe.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Exploring Careers in Criminal Justice
  Research occupations related to criminal justice.
  Identify the personal and professional ethics associated with criminal justice professions.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Understanding the Rule of Law
  Differentiate among criminal, civil, and case law.
  Explain constitutional rights relevant to criminal procedure.
  Define crime.
  Identify felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions.
  Identify crimes against persons and crimes against property.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Exploring Policing
  Describe appropriate use of force in criminal justice.
  Describe standards required for the handling and use of deadly weapons.
  Identify the initial responsibilities of officers responding to emergencies.
  Identify high-risk situations an officer may face.
  Explain crime prevention.
  (Optional) Describe methods for protecting persons.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Investigating a Crime Scene
  Analyze the application of the Fourth Amendment to search and seizure.
  Identify types of evidence associated with various crimes.
  Describe communication skills for the criminal justice professional.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Exploring the Courts
  Identify the organizational structure and responsibilities of federal, state, and local courts.
  Define bail, arraignment, preliminary hearing, grand jury, indictment, true bill vs. no bill, and trial in a criminal case.
FIREFIGHTING: Practicing First Aid
  Identify first-aid terms and abbreviations.
  Demonstrate techniques for controlling bleeding.
  Demonstrate methods for detecting and caring for those in shock.
  Care for those with the various classifications of burns.
  Demonstrate treatment for musculoskeletal injuries.
  Demonstrate treatment for environmental emergencies.
  Identify the types, symptoms, and treatments of poisoning.
  Demonstrate care for conscious and unconscious patients until proper care arrives.
FIREFIGHTING: Practicing CPR [Note: Must be delivered by an approved provider.]
  Assess scene safety for the rescuer and the patient.
  Demonstrate removal of a foreign body airway obstruction.
  Demonstrate one- and two-rescuer CPR.
  Operate an automated external defibrillator (AED).
  Demonstrate rescue breathing.
FIREFIGHTING: Introducing the Fire Service
  Define the firefighter’s function and responsibilities.
  Describe the history of the fire service.
  Outline the organizational structure of the fire service.
  List rules and laws that regulate the fire service.
  Explain the organizational chart for the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
FIREFIGHTING: Using PPE and SCBA
  Identify the conditions that require the use of SCBA and full PPE.
  Identify the components of SCBA and PPE.
  Demonstrate proper use, inspection, and maintenance of SCBA and PPE.
  Demonstrate emergency procedures in the event of SCBA malfunction or failure.
  Define the relationship between PPE and national standards and regulations.
  Don and doff PPE within the recommended guidelines of the NFPA.
FIREFIGHTING: Using Communications Systems
  List procedures for citizens to report an emergency.
  Describe various local fire department emergency response procedures.
  Identify methods of receiving calls for service.
  Describe business and personal phone procedures.
  Perform radio communications.
FIREFIGHTING: Using Fire Detection and Protective Systems
  Identify the value of and need for protective systems.
  Identify types, components, and valve types of sprinkler systems.
  Describe the process for returning a sprinkler system to service.
  Locate sprinkler connections.
FIREFIGHTING: Using Water Supply, Hoses, and Nozzles
  Describe types and uses of fire streams and hoses.
  Identify procedures for handling an obstructed or damaged fire nozzle.
  Operate various fire streams.
  List the fundamental components of a modern water system.
  Operate a hydrant.
  Describe alternative static water sources.
  Describe the procedures for loading and off-loading a mobile water supply apparatus.
  Identify techniques for rolling, repacking, and deploying hose lines.
  Demonstrate procedures for inspection and maintenance of fire hoses.
FIREFIGHTING: Following Rescue Procedures
  Identify hazards associated with types of rescue situations.
  Demonstrate victim-extrication, victim-lifting, and victim-movement processes.
  Conduct primary and secondary searches in a structure.
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