Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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Each session starts with some limbering and relaxing exercises, and a few games for practice. For ex- ample, at a recent session, the students portrayed different letters of the al- phabet, and even colors. Later, at this same session, some portrayed a person from birth, through childhood, through adulthood, old age, and death. During this semester, students will present two pantomime programs: one for the children of a migrant labor camp, and one for adults. Miss Mul- likin chose the migrant labor camp be- cause the children do not have the opportunities to experience plays, and movies that other children have. The migrant mother and father do not have the time or the money to take their children to see plays, or if they can, they are usually isolated many miles from a theatre or moviehouse. iss:-.iisx . X . 133 n I-.- -.nnn....4r nf-My I X 'E

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FIRE FIGHTERS AT BCC Did you ever want to be a fireman? A lot of people have, and some of them have made it. BCC's Fire Science teacher, Mr. Redmon is quick to point out that Fire-related occupations are not limited to the classic red engines and hoses. Knowledge of potential fire dangers and their prevention is used daily by special investigators for in- surance agencies. Industrial Safety Engineers must plan around inflamma- tory materials and devise the most efficient exit routes according to the type of fire most likely to break out. There are special tactics for forest rangers and fire-spotters, for the smallest town and the largest city. According to Mr. Redmond, a retired Lt. from the New York Fire Dept., BCC started its first class during term ll of 1969, and began its full time operation last year. There are twenty-seven Fire majors going after degrees, awarded after the usual 64 hours. A certificate, however is award- ed after the completion of 30 hours of study. A total of over 80 students meet over the week, coming from as far north as Boca to take part in the train- ing. These men are all professionals, trying to learn as much about their jobs as they can. The Fire-program works to their advantage when promo- tions are being offered in the depart- ments. The courses are divided up into several sections, but everything is taught according to theory rather than a vocational level. After all, Mr. Red- mond says, these men work with the basics everyday. They know what a ladder is, and how to use it. Mr. Red- mond therefore concentrates on pre- ventions, and the applications of knowledge, rescue procedures, acci- dents, and what to do in case of build- ing collapse lwhere the weight of water putting out a top floor will cruch the entire structure. Fire Administration involves Fire Department procedures, the methods of Leadership, ways of upholding morale, and the use of motivation. The courses also teach Arson Investigation and the deadly roles that hazardous chemicals can play. Each city is rated by insurance companies, where, for example, a beginning total of 5000 points is given, and insurance rates are reflected by deficiency points that come from too small a department, too little water, etc. Fires in the south Florida area occur most often during the dry season, when the grass fires start spreading, but there's always the con- stant danger of a cigarette that some- one forgets to put out, or a careless match. The course sometimes concerns itself with more than textbooks, last May the Fire Science Department sponsored a demonstration of explo- sive and arson devices. All the campus buildings were left standing although a bit shaken. The highpoint of the demonstration fan atomic blast simula- tion made from four barrels of explod- ing high-grade petroleumi had to be called off, due to complaints from a mobile park across from the campus. They weren't fired up over the idea. 71:7 t P l mf f 54 few. ..