1. Completion of course work online in Blackboard    

     https://acconline.austincc.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

1. Completion of Exams at the ACCFTA.
2. Attendance of class sessions.
3. Ability to pass a physical examination in accordance with the ACC FTA Handbook.
4. Perform firefighter hands-on skills while wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment. 
5. Work in hazardous environments such as, but not limited to, confined spaces, heights of nine stories or more, live fire with extreme temperatures, and other related environments associated with the fire protection career field.
6. Students will meet the requirements found in the TCFP Basic Fire Suppression Curriculum Manual and the TCFP Basic Fire Suppression Skills Manual. https://www.tcfp.texas.gov/services/manuals

* All students must maintain a 75% average for each subject area within this course, must pass all assigned final exams administered for each subject area in this course with a 75% or higher grade, and must pass all skills exams administered for each subject area in this course. (Skills are strictly Pass/Fail) This is required to be eligible to take ACCFTA comprehensive final exam.

An individual who fails his/her first attempt to pass the written portion of an examination or skill test will be offered one opportunity to pass the re-examination. The student will not be permitted to take a retest on any written exam (to include the ACCFTA comprehensive final exam) on the same day the failure occurred, this re-exam will occur on the next day of training or when designated by the primary instructor. If the student fails the retest for a written exam or skills exam they will fail that subject area and be required to complete the entire course over again (Course repeats will occur in the next semester the ACCFTA is offered). For example, if a student fails the subject area HazMat Operations, which is found in FIRS-1423 Firefighter Certification V, the student will be required to repeat the entire FIRS-1423 course. If an individual fails their first attempt and passes the retest with a 75% or better, the grade recorded will not exceed 75% when the final grade average is calculated.

IFSTA: Essentials of Fire Fighting 7th ed. ISBN # 978-087939657-2

IFSTA: Haz Mat for First Responders 5th ed. ISBN # 978-087939613-8

Students will be required to read the associated chapters in their assigned book that correlates with the subject matter in this course. Students may be assigned additional reading by their respective instructors for the given subject matter.

Portable Fire Extinguishers

Wildland Fire Suppression

Technical Rope Rescue

Firefighter Hiring Process

1. Students shall identify the different classes of fire and select appropriate extinguisher to use during the incipient stage.

2. Students shall demonstrate how to properly use a fire extinguisher on an incipient stage fire.

3. Students shall preform a mock interview in the fire protection hiring process.

4. Student shall understand basic weather elements as they pertain to the wildland fire environment.

5. Student shall be able to describe the purpose of the Standard Firefighting Orders and Watch Out Situations.

6. Student shall understand and be able to apply the concept of LCES (Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones).

7. Student shall properly use relevant tools and equipment for the extinguishment of wildland or ground cover fires, both with and without the use of water.

8. Students shall be able to tie knots appropriate for rope rescue applications within 8 minutes without assistance. (figure 8 on a bight, figure 8 follow through, figure 8 bend, double loop figure 8, butterfly knot, clove hitch open, clove hitch closed, munter hitch, water knot, double fisherman & triple wrap prusik)

 9. Students shall be able to construct single point anchors and multiple point anchor systems. 

10. Students shall be able to construct belay systems appropriate for rope rescue applications without assistance. 

11. Students shall be able to demonstrate the ability to catch a falling load without assistance.  

12. Students shall be able to construct simple mechanical advantage systems (2:1, 3:1, 4:1, & 5:1) and compound mechanical advantage systems (6:1, 8:1, 10:1, etc.). 

13. As a team member, students shall be able to direct a team in the rescue of a victim in a low-angle environment.  

14. Students shall be able to perform descending, ascending, system obstacles and change-over, while suspended from a rescue system. 

15. As a team member, students shall be able to direct and assist a team in the construction and operation of a victim lowering or raising system in a high-angle environment.