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Course Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Course Catalog 2025-2026

FST 257 - Fire Inspector 1A: Duties and Administration


Credits: 1.25

Description: This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of a Fire Inspector I including legal responsibilities and authority, codes and standards, the inspection process, confidentiality and privacy requirements, and ethical conduct, and administrative tasks including preparing inspection reports, recognizing the need for a permit or plan review, investigating common complaints, and participating in legal proceedings.

Transferable
Transferable to CSU only

General Education:
Not approved for General Education

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of a Fire Inspector.


Total Course In-Class (Contact) Hours: 24
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Weekly Student Hours (In-Class) Lecture Hours: 1.33