PRINTER'S NO. 590
No. 517 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, CREIGHTON,
CUTLER, FABRIZIO, GIBBONS, HALUSKA, HENNESSEY, JAMES,
M. KELLER, KILLION, MENSCH, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, TRUE AND
SIPTROTH, MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 13, 1995 (P.L.604, No.61), entitled
2 "An act establishing the State Fire Commissioner within the
3 Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; transferring the
4 Volunteer Loan Assistance Program and the State Fire Academy
5 to the State Fire Commissioner; and making repeals," further
6 providing for Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 4(d) of the act of November 13, 1995
10 (P.L.604, No.61), known as the State Fire Commissioner Act, is
11 amended to read:
12 Section 4. Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.
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14 (d) Firefighter training and certification.--A Statewide
15 firefighter training program shall be implemented by the
16 commissioner to educate the fire service community about the
17 importance of firefighter health and safety. This program shall
18 include measures designed to increase the mobility of training
1 courses throughout this Commonwealth, to enhance firefighter
2 accessibility to training course offerings and to improve and
3 expand training for and response capability to emergencies with
4 emphasis on hazardous materials incidents. The program shall
5 also include implementation of a firefighter certification
6 program in accordance with parameters developed by the
7 commissioner consistent with established standards. The
8 acquisition of physical resources to enhance Statewide
9 capability shall be coordinated by the commissioner. For the
10 purposes of this section, firefighter journeyperson
11 certifications administered by the Pennsylvania Department of
12 Labor and Industry shall be deemed sufficient certification for
13 the purposes of obtaining Statewide firefighter training
14 certification.
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16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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