Public Safety Technology

The Public Safety Technology program is designed to meet the ongoing needs of municipalities, students, business, and industries. The program will develop your technical skills, general knowledge, critical thinking, and problem solving abilities. Broad-based technical skills and critical thinking processes will assist you in adapting to changes in the work environment and promoting successful advancement on the job.

Through your choice of electives, you can study:

Environmental Health and Safety: You will be prepared to work in state and local agencies, waste water facilities, private companies and labs where they often test samples in lab environments, monitor air and water quality and advise on nature conservation strategies, site management, species protection, development, and pest control.

Fire Science: You will be prepared to work in public and industrial fire departments and at airports and fire protection agencies where they often respond to and put out fires, operate emergency equipment and investigate fires.

Homeland Security and Emergency Management: You will be prepared to work as first responders, firefighters, military personnel, corrections and law enforcement professionals, emergency managers, as well as corporate and government workers.

Public Administration: You will be prepared to work in local, city and state government agencies where you might support city managers or other public administrators.

SAMPLE CAREERS IN THIS FIELD: Public Safety Specialist, Firefighter, Environmental Safety Specialist

DEGREES AVAILABLE: Associate of Applied Science, Certificate, Technical Certificate. Availability of concentrations and degrees varies by campus. Contact your campus of interest below for more information.

PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATES
Certificates are sequences of technical and professional courses. They provide access to targeted, short-term workforce training, and completers may sit for specific certification exams. Courses in certificate programs also apply toward technical certificates and associate degree programs in the subject area.

Certificates currently offered in this field are:

• Driver/Operator (18 credits)
  Upon completion leads to taking the National Fire Protection Association Driver/Operator Exam, Indiana Department of Homeland Security First Responder Certification Exam, Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics Exam, and/or employment in a fire science profession, and/or completion of an associate degree. Program and Employment Information
• Fire Prevention and Investigation (18 credits)
  Upon completion leads to taking the National Fire Protection Association Inspector I & Inspector II, the National Fire Protection Association Investigator I, the National Fire Protection Association Officer I & Officer II Certification Exams, employment in an arson, insurance adjuster, fire investigator or other fire science professions, and/or completion of an associate degree. Program and Employment Information
• Fire Service Administration (18 credits)
  Upon completion leads to taking a National Fire Protection Association Fire Officer I and Fire Officer II Certification Exams, employment in a fire science profession, and/or completion of an associate degree. Program and Employment Information
• Hazardous Materials (19 credits)
  Upon completion leads to taking the National Fire Protection Association Awareness, Operations and/or Technician Certification Exams, employment in a public safety related profession, and/or completion of an associate degree. Program and Employment Information

PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE - FIRE SCIENCE
Technical Certificate programs provide education in conceptual and technical skills for specific occupations. Each program contains a sequence of required courses in a recognized concentration within one of the programs at the College. The program content is designed to develop competency in the comprehension of general and technical skills. Certificate programs require mastery of basic reading, writing, mathematical and algebraic skills. Program and Employment Information

To earn this degree, you must have 31-35 credits in the following areas:

• General Education Core: 7-9 credits
• Professional/Technical Core: 3 credits
• Specialty Courses: 6 credits
• Regionally Determined: 15 credits

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
To earn this degree, you must have 61-66 credits in the following areas:

• General Education Core: 19-21 credits
• Professional/Technical Core: 25 credits
• Statewide Electives: 17-20 credits

CURRICULUM
View the curriculum for this program and all others currently available at Ivy Tech.

LOCATIONS
The Public Safety Technology program is offered at the following campuses. Please click on the campus of interest below for contact and campus specific program information: