Bill Text: NY A00506 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the office of fire prevention and control to conduct a study, which evaluates the minimum recommended qualifications to becoming a volunteer firefighter; requires such office to provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly within twelve months of the effective date of this act.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A00506 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00506-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           506

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JONES, CRUZ, JEAN-PIERRE, SAYEGH, HAWLEY, DeSTE-
          FANO, NORRIS, BRABENEC, SMULLEN, BLANKENBUSH, B. MILLER, SALKA, REYES,
          COOK, GUNTHER, BUTTENSCHON, ASHBY, PICHARDO, TAGUE, PALMESANO, MANKTE-
          LOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental  Oper-
          ations

        AN  ACT to direct the office of fire prevention and control to conduct a
          study which evaluates the minimum recommended qualifications to becom-
          ing a volunteer firefighter

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The office of fire prevention and control shall conduct a
     2  study that examines and evaluates the recommended minimum qualifications
     3  for volunteer firefighters.
     4    (a) The type of settings included in the study  shall  be  subject  to
     5  funds available but include, at minimum, the coursework required to test
     6  for  the  Firefighter certification, or the Firefighter Recruit I and II
     7  certifications, as defined in part 426 of  title  19  of  the  New  York
     8  Codes,  Rules and Regulations, the recommended number of hours of train-
     9  ing, availability of training courses  and  resources,  availability  of
    10  trainers, and minimum qualifications for trainers.
    11    (b)  The  study  shall  take  into  account factors including, but not
    12  limited to:  geographical region, prominent industries in  that  region,
    13  demographics of populations and demand for volunteer firefighters.
    14    §  2.  Within  twelve  months  of  the effective date of this act, the
    15  office of fire prevention and control shall submit  a  report  detailing
    16  the  findings  of  the study to the governor, the temporary president of
    17  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04572-01-1
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