Bill Text: PA HB998 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-18 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [HB998 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB998-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1147
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 998 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BOYD, BEYER, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, GEIST, GIBBONS, GROVE, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MURT, QUINN, READSHAW, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STEVENSON AND TRUE, MARCH 18, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 18, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 13, 1995 (P.L.604, No.61), entitled
"An act establishing the State Fire Commissioner within the
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; transferring the
Volunteer Loan Assistance Program and the State Fire Academy
to the State Fire Commissioner; and making repeals," further
providing for Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(d) of the act of November 13, 1995
(P.L.604, No.61), known as the State Fire Commissioner Act, is
amended to read:
Section 4. Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.
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(d) Firefighter training and certification.--A Statewide
firefighter training program shall be implemented by the
commissioner to educate the fire service community about the
importance of firefighter health and safety. This program shall
include measures designed to increase the mobility of training
courses throughout this Commonwealth, to enhance firefighter
accessibility to training course offerings and to improve and
expand training for and response capability to emergencies with
emphasis on hazardous materials incidents. The program shall
also include implementation of a firefighter certification
program in accordance with parameters developed by the
commissioner consistent with established standards. The
acquisition of physical resources to enhance Statewide
capability shall be coordinated by the commissioner. For the
purposes of this section, firefighter journeyperson
certifications administered by the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry shall be deemed sufficient certification for
the purposes of obtaining Statewide firefighter training
certification.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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