Fire Protection Engineering Technology Program

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Fire Protection Engineering Technology teaches students to design, install, and service automatic sprinkler, fire alarm, and special hazard fire suppression systems.It is a two-year associate degree program that is offered at the Marinette campus.

Graduates of the Fire Protection Engineering Technology Program will be able to:

• Analyze developments in the fire protection field.
• Produce fire protection drawings.
• Use written, technical, and oral presentations.
• Design fire protection systems.
• Use construction blueprints.
• Evaluate automatic sprinkler systems.
• Evaluate fire protection hazards.
• Troubleshoot electrical components of fire protection systems.
• Compare manual and automatic fire extinguishing systems and agents.
• Arrange fire detection, alarm, and control devices.
• Design automatic fire sprinkler systems.
• Test to NICET Level II in at least one subfield.
• Design special hazards systems.
• Observe how fire protection is viewed by the general public.
• Assemble systems cost information.
• Install, service, and inspect fire protection systems.

The Fire Protection Engineering program was first offered in 1983 to train designers of sprinkler systems, special hazard systems, and fire alarm systems, and the first graduating class was in 1985. Since that time approximately 200 graduates have successfully completed the program and have found jobs in the fire protection industry throughout the United States. The first classes were held in regular classrooms, with lab space added on a limited basis in 1989. As part of a major remodeling of the Marinette campus, the Fire Protection Engineering program moved into expanded facilities in 2002. The program now involves a significant amount of hands-on work to complement the emphasis on design.