An Act To Reestablish the Committee for the Training of Firefighters and To Clarify the Law Governing the Maine Fire Training and Education Program (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1910
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: BLISS, BARTLETT, RINES
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-I, 20-A MRSA §9002-A, 20-A MRSA §9000

Legislative Document 
No. 1910 
H.P.1341 
House of Representatives, May 17, 2007 
An Act To Reestablish the Committee for the Training of 
Firefighters and To Clarify the Law Governing the Maine Fire 
Training and Education Program 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative BLISS of South Portland. 
Cosponsored by Senator BARTLETT of Cumberland and 
Representative: RINES of Wiscasset. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§9-A is enacted to read: 
9-A. 
Education 
Committee for the 
Training of 
Firefighters 
Expenses only 
20-A MRSA 
§9002-A 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §9000, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 124, §2 and 
amended by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. I, § 12, is further amended to read: 
1. President. "President" means the president President of the system Southern 
Maine Community College. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §9002-A is enacted to read: 
§9002-A. Advisory committee 
The Committee for the Training of Firefighters, established in Title 5, section 
12004-1, subsection 9-A, and referred to in this section as "the committee," shall advise 
the president in the administration ofthe Maine Fire Training and Education Program. 
1. Establishment. The president shall appoint a 17 -member advisory committee as 
follows: 
A. One municipal chief, one call chief and one volunteer chief recommended by the 
Maine Fire Chiefs' Association or its successor organization; 
B. 
One municipal firefighter, one call firefighter and one volunteer firefighter 
recommended by the Maine State Federation of Firefighters or its successor 
organization; 
C. One city or town manager and one municipal officer recommended by the Maine 
Municipal Association or its successor organization; 
D. One member of an industrial or institutional fire brigade recommended by the 
Maine Safety Councilor its successor organization; 
E. 
One representative from the field of insurance recommended by the Maine 
Insurance Agents Association or its successor organization; 
F. Two members recommended by a statewide council of firefighters; 
G. One member of the general public; 
H. Two members recommended by the Southern Maine Community College fire 
science department; and 
I. Two members recommended by the president representing the fire community at 
large. 
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2. Term of office. Members serve 3-year terms. 
3. Chair. The committee shall elect a member to serve as chair. 
4. Compensation. Members of the committee are entitled to receive reimbursement 
of necessary expenses as authorized by Title 5, chapter 379. 
5. Nonvoting representative. The system's fire administrator for state fire training 
and education is a nonvoting representative of the system at meetings of the committee. 
SUMMARY 
This bill reestablishes the Committee for the Training of Firefighters, which was 
repealed by Public Law 1993, chapter 252. 
In addition, this bill clarifies that the 
President of Southern Maine Community College administers the Maine Fire Training 
and Education Program.