North Country Career Center

Protective Services

Year 1: 12 Credits

Prerequisite:

This program will include Fire Science & Safety; Public Safety Service & Law Enforcement; and Emergency Medical Service Students interested in living on the edge, having irregular working hours, being spontaneously required to give competent care in emergency situations and serving their community as a career path would be encouraged to look at this program. Classroom and off site training locations will be used to prepare student to sit for State and National certification. The first year students will begin with basic skills and on-hands training in a broad range of interest. .
Fire Science & Safety Services; Law Enforcement; Emergency Medical Services • Operate radio communication systems
• Apply emergency response skills
• Safety, Health and the Environment
• Laws, ordinances, regulations and organizational rules
• Handling emergency situations
• Know operational and repair requirements to maintain equipment
• Study equipment and applications to use fire service equipment correctly
• Recognize hazardous materials transportation modes to assure safe transport
• In the Fire Science & Safety Services area students will be introduced to the science of fire, fire behaviors, fire prevention, fire fighting equipment, and fire control
• Students will be introduced to the total law enforcement community; students will explore the broad range of career paths: a wide variety of law enforcement opportunities at local, state, and national levels such as detectives, patrol officers, state police officers, fire, fish and wildlife officers; and compliance officers for federal government ranging from park rangers to national military service including boarder patrol, and U.S. Marshal Services.
• In the Emergency Medical Services areas students will be introduced to: safety, health and the environment; to respond immediately, systems, team work, ethics and legal responsibilities, and technical skills for emergency medical services.