Bill Text: NY S07373 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services in consultation with New York state fire service organizations, to develop a plan to increase the number of skills required as part of the Firefighter certification, or the Firefighter Recruit I and II certifications, which can be completed at a trainee's home department or online.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10311B [S07373 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07373-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7373--A
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT directing the commissioner of the Division of  Homeland  Security
          and  Emergency  Services  to  develop a plan to increase the number of
          skills required as part of the Firefighter certification, or the Fire-
          fighter Recruit I and II certifications, which can be completed  at  a
          trainee's home department or online
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the Division of Homeland  Security  and
     2  Emergency  Services  is  hereby  authorized and directed to identify any
     3  skills currently required to be taught in an academic setting, or train-
     4  ing center as part of the coursework required to test for the Firefight-
     5  er certification, or the Firefighter Recruit I and II certifications, as
     6  defined in part 426 of title 19 of the New York Codes, Rules  and  Regu-
     7  lations (NYCRR) that may be safely taught at a trainee's home department
     8  or through an online course.
     9    § 2. Such commissioner is directed to deliver a report to the chair of
    10  the  Senate  Veterans,  Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee
    11  within six months of the effective date of this act. Such  report  shall
    12  address  the  overall  mandate  of  this  act  and shall suggest ways to
    13  increase the number of certified instructors and certified fire training
    14  programs as described in parts 426.4 and 426.2 of title 19 of the NYCRR.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13942-02-8