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GA Code § 25-6-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-3. Establishment of Pacts; Organizational Meeting; Adoption of Articles, Bylaws, and Regulations; Board of Directors; Officers, Agents, and Personnel

  When two or more jurisdictions desire to establish a pact, each jurisdiction shall designate its fire chief or person or position in charge of its fire department to act for that jurisdiction on all matters relating to the activities and functions of the pact, once it has been established. The jurisdiction shall designate the person or position and its intent to be a member of a pact by a written resolution. The resolutions shall be forwarded to the state fire marshal. Upon receipt of at least two resolutions, the state fire marshal or his authorized representative shall call the first organizational meeting of the system by giving notice to all persons designated by the resolutions to act for potential member jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction shall send its designated person or his authorized representative to the organizational and subsequent meetings. Such person shall be entitled to one vote in all proceedings.   At the organizational meeting, the pact members shall adopt articles of association and bylaws and regulations for the future government and operation of the pact, which shall be effective upon submission to and approval by the Attorney General, who shall cause the same to be promptly recorded by the Secretary of State. Such recording shall formally establish the pact.   At the organizational meeting, the member delegates shall also elect a board of directors consisting of such members as may be determined by the organization delegates. The board of directors shall serve for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified, provided that at the organizational or any subsequent meeting the member delegates may vote for staggered terms for all members of the board of directors, the length of which shall not exceed five years or until the director's successor is elected and qualified.   The directors shall choose from their number the officers of the pact, who shall have such duties and powers as the bylaws allow. Within the limits of funds available to it, the board of directors may employ and fix the compensation of such agents and other personnel as the board deems necessary to carry out the coordinating functions and other responsibilities of the system. Such personnel shall include a nontactical coordinator who shall serve at the pleasure of the board and who shall have and exercise such powers and authority as the board may delegate to him.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 955, §§ 1, 5.)
GA Code § 25-6-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-4. Purpose of Pacts; Powers and Duties of Pacts Generally

  It shall be the primary purpose of a pact to coordinate the emergency fire services of all jurisdictions belonging to it, so as to provide better, more efficient, and more effective cooperation in the protection of life and property from fires or other immediate response emergencies within the area served by the pact.   Any pact established under authority of this chapter is charged with the responsibility of establishing an overall plan or plans for carrying out the intended purpose and other provisions of this chapter. No pact may be established unless it complies with this chapter. Within the limits of funds available to it, the pact may acquire and operate property and equipment, including, but not limited to, a dispatch center and a communications center; and it may extend the advantages of group purchasing and benefits to jurisdictions that are members of the pact. Member jurisdictions shall adopt the training programs of the Georgia Fire Academy in order to ensure a basic standardization of operations and philosophy; this requirement shall not be construed as limiting the training practices or requirements of any jurisdiction, as it is intended that the programs of the Georgia Fire Academy be used to supplement the training practices and requirements of member jurisdictions. The pact shall cooperate with other state and federal agencies and with civil defense authorities on all levels. The state fire marshal may render advice, recommendations, and assistance to a pact, upon request. Members of a pact shall cooperate with the state fire marshal on matters relating to fire investigations and the enforcement of the arson statutes of the state.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 3.)
GA Code § 25-6-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-5. Liability for Failure to Respond for Purposes of Extinguishing Fires or Other Immediate Response Emergencies; Privileges and Immunities; Liability for Loss of Men or Equipment

  There shall be no liability imposed by law on a pact or any member jurisdiction or its personnel for failure to respond for the purpose of extinguishing or controlling any fire or other immediate response emergency. This immunity is not exclusive of other similar immunities granted by statute or common law.   Any firefighter or other person who is an employee or member of a jurisdiction of a pact while engaged in a duty or activity in connection with this chapter or pursuant to orders or instructions of his superiors, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, exemptions, and immunities to which he would be entitled if the duty or activity were performed within that firefighter's or other person's home jurisdiction.   The loss of men or equipment while in operation under a pact agreement shall be borne as if the loss occurred in the man's or equipment's home jurisdiction.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 5.)
GA Code § 25-6-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-6. Appropriation of Funds for Pacts by Member Jurisdictions; Receipt of Gifts by Pacts; Entry Into Agreements With State and Federal Agencies by Pacts

 Jurisdictions belonging to a pact may raise and appropriate money for the purpose of implementing and operating the pact. The pact may receive, hold, and use gifts, bequests, and devises, either outright or in trust, for purposes consistent with this chapter. A pact may enter into agreements with appropriate state and federal agencies to participate in programs which make assistance available to local fire departments.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Use beyond municipal limits of municipal equipment for extinguishment of fires, 122 A.L.R. 1158.
GA Code § 25-6-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-7. Joining of and Withdrawal From Pacts by Jurisdictions Not Having Fire Departments

  Following the initial establishment of a pact, in accordance with procedures established in the bylaws of the pact, jurisdictions which do not have fire departments may join an established pact upon meeting such conditions as the board of directors may fix.   Not less than 90 days after delivering written notice to an officer of the pact, a member jurisdiction may withdraw from a pact after a vote of its governing body. In the event the withdrawal of one or more jurisdictions reduces the number of members but two or more members remain, it is intended that the remaining members should continue with the operation of the pact.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 7; Ga. L. 1982, p. 955, §§ 3, 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, § 196.
GA Code § 25-6-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-8. Mutual Aid Resource Pact Districts - Establishment; Joining or Organization of Pacts by Nonmember Jurisdictions Desiring to Participate in Mutual Aid

  Pact districts shall be established along the boundaries of counties in which member jurisdictions of a pact are located.   If a nonmember jurisdiction is located within the boundaries of an established pact, it must become a part of that pact should it desire to participate in mutual aid activities. If a county or counties without member jurisdictions are encircled by counties having members of a common pact, the jurisdictions in such county or counties must join the pact should they desire to participate in mutual aid activities. If a county which has no member jurisdictions borders with counties having members of different pacts, the jurisdictions within the county which desire to participate in mutual aid activities must:   Join with one of the bordering pact counties, provided that jurisdictions in the same county shall not be permitted to become members of different pacts; or   Organize a pact, provided two or more jurisdictions are involved, as set forth in Code Section 25-6-2.      (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 8; Ga. L. 1982, p. 955, §§ 1, 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 56 Am. Jur. 2d, Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions, §§ 192, 500, 501.
GA Code § 25-6-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-9. Mutual Aid Resource Pact Districts - Merger With Other Districts; Communication and Cooperation Between Districts

  Should the member jurisdictions of one or more pact districts desire to merge with another district, the merger may be accomplished in keeping with the intent of Code Section 25-6-8 and as agreed by the board of directors of the concerned pacts.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting communication or cooperation among various pact districts. The boards of directors of various pact districts are encouraged to establish agreements for emergency responses across district lines to fringe areas in the event of emergency and to establish communications to aid in solving problems common to the districts.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 9.)
GA Code § 25-6-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-10. Continuation of Operation of Preexistent Pacts

 Pacts in existence on July 4, 1976, are authorized to continue to operate under their articles of incorporation or organizational policy.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 11.)
GA Code § 25-6-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 6 - Mutual Aid Resource Pacts|§ 25-6-11. Penalty for Violations of Chapter

 Any member of the governing body of a jurisdiction or any other person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be prosecuted by the Attorney General.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 742, § 10.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 36 Am. Jur. 2d, Forfeitures and Penalties, § 1 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 70 C.J.S., Penalties, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 25-7-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Fire Academy Act."   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 1.)
GA Code § 25-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-2. Creation; Purposes

 There is created the Georgia Fire Academy, the purposes of which shall be, through training and research:    To reduce the costs in suffering and property loss resulting from fire;   To provide professional training to paid, volunteer, and other publicly or privately employed firefighters at a minimal cost to them and their employers;   To assist the state and its counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions and the officers thereof in the investigation and determination of the causes of fires;   To develop new methods of fire prevention and fire fighting;   To provide facilities for testing fire-fighting and prevention equipment; and   To assist the state and its counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions in the training and operations of fire department-related emergency medical services and rescue services.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 660, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1259, § 11.)
GA Code § 25-7-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-3. "Board" Defined

 As used in this chapter, "board" means the Board of Public Safety.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1980, p. 431, § 1, effective July 1, 1980, abolished the Georgia Fire Academy Board. By the same law the General Assembly decreed that the Board of Public Safety replace any reference to the Georgia Fire Academy Board.
GA Code § 25-7-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-4. Powers and Duties of Board of Public Safety as to Academy Generally; Selection and Compensation of Superintendent of Academy; Creation of Advisory Council; Selection and Reimbursement of Members

  The Board of Public Safety is authorized and empowered to establish, operate, and maintain the Georgia Fire Academy for the purposes enumerated in Code Section 25-7-2. The board is authorized and empowered to do all things and to take whatever action is necessary to accomplish these purposes, including, but not limited to, the establishment and conduct of training programs and the promulgation of rules and regulations relative thereto. The board shall select the superintendent of the academy and shall fix the compensation for the superintendent.   The board is authorized and directed to create an advisory council to advise and assist it in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter. The membership of the advisory council shall be as the board determines, except that such membership shall include at least one representative from each of the following organizations: the Association County Commissioners of Georgia, the Georgia Municipal Association, and the Insurance Services Office. The director of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council shall also be a member of the advisory council. The members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation, but they may be reimbursed in the same manner as state officials and employees for travel and other expenses actually incurred by them in carrying out their duties as members of the council.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 4; Ga. L. 1980, p. 431, § 2.)
GA Code § 25-7-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-5. Responsibilities of Superintendent of Academy

 The superintendent of the Georgia Fire Academy shall be responsible for the selection of a staff. He shall also be responsible for the execution of all policies, programs, directives, and decisions promulgated by the Board of Public Safety and for the direction of the staff and the daily operation of the academy.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 5.)
GA Code § 25-7-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-6. Administrative Assignment of Academy to Department of Public Safety; Acceptance of Gifts, Grants, and Donations by Board

  The Georgia Fire Academy is assigned to the Department of Public Safety for administrative purposes only, as described in Code Section 50-4-3.   The Board of Public Safety is authorized to accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of carrying out this chapter. The board is also authorized to accept property, both real and personal, and services for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.    (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 6.)
GA Code § 25-7-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-7. Persons to Whom Training Programs to Be Made Available; Establishing Fees; Eligibility

 Subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Public Safety, the training program of the academy shall be made available to all firefighters and may also be made available to other persons who evidence interest in entering the fire-fighting profession. The board is authorized to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of furnishing the training, under such rules and regulations as the board shall prescribe. The state, municipalities, and counties are authorized to expend funds for the purpose of paying such fees. The board is given full authority to decide who shall be allowed to enroll in the training program of the academy.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 7.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Board of Public Safety is authorized to provide firefighting training to employees of firefighting organization.   - Board of the Georgia Fire Academy (now Board of Public Safety) is authorized to provide firefighting training to employees of a private, profit-making firefighting organization and to prescribe fees to cover all or a part of the cost of such training. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-43.
GA Code § 25-7-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 7 - Georgia Fire Academy|§ 25-7-8. Requirement of Attendance at Academy Training Programs; Effect of Academy Training Programs Upon Other Training Programs

 It is not the intention of this chapter that it be mandatory that any firefighter be required to attend the academy. The training program established at the academy shall not supersede any training program for firefighters now in existence or hereafter established but shall be separate and apart from any other training programs for firefighters.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 8.)
GA Code § 25-8-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 8 - Regulation of Blasting Operations Generally|§ 25-8-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Blasting Standards Act of 1978."   (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1624, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   10A Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Explosions and Explosives, § 2.
GA Code § 25-8-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 8 - Regulation of Blasting Operations Generally|§ 25-8-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Blaster" means a person qualified by reason of training, knowledge, or experience to fire or detonate explosives in blasting operations and who has in his possession a valid blaster's license issued by the Commissioner.   "Blasting operation" means the use of explosives in the blasting of stone, rock, ore, or any other natural formation or in any construction or demolition work but shall not include the use of explosives in agricultural operations and private and personal use of explosives in remote areas for such operations as ditching, land clearing, destruction of beaver dams and other such operations when not in close proximity to adjacent property. This chapter shall not apply to any blasting operation in which the charge weight is 200 pounds or less.   "Charge weight" means the total weight in pounds of an explosive charge.   "Charge weight per delay" means the weight in pounds of an explosive charge which is detonated per delay period for delay intervals of eight milliseconds or greater or the total weight of explosives in pounds which is detonated within an interval less than eight milliseconds.   "Commissioner" means the Safety Fire Commissioner.   "Delay initiation" means the detonation of the subcharge of explosives in predetermined sequence which is accomplished by using regular or short period delay electric blasting caps or other means of equivalent effectiveness.   "Delay period" means the time interval in milliseconds (eight milliseconds or greater) between successive detonations of subchargers produced by the delay devices used.   "Distance" means the actual distance in feet along ground contour to the nearest house, public building, school, church, or commercial or institutional building normally occupied.   "Explosives" means any chemical compound or other substance or mechanical system intended for the purpose of producing an explosion or containing oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions or quantities that ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator may produce an explosion capable of causing injury to persons or damage to property.   "Particle velocity" means the velocity with which an earth particle moves when vibrating or oscillating in any manner from its position of rest or elastic equilibrium.   "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, partnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or other entity whatsoever.   "Scaled distance" or "Ds" means the actual distance (D) in feet divided by the square root of the maximum charge weight (W) in pounds that is detonated per delay period. This means:    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1624, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 25.)
GA Code § 25-8-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 8 - Regulation of Blasting Operations Generally|§ 25-8-4. Blasting Standards; Formulas and Tables

  In all blasting operations, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the maximum peak particle velocity of any component of ground motion recorded on a three-component seismograph (where the components - transverse, vertical, and longitudinal - are arranged mutually perpendicular) shall not exceed two inches per second at the location of any dwelling house, public building, school, church, or commercial or institutional building normally occupied.   For blast-to-structure distance greater than 300 feet, the standard table for maximum charge per delay shall be generated by the formula:  where W is the weight of explosive in pounds and D is the distance in feet to the nearest dwelling house, public building, school, church, or commercial or institutional building normally occupied.    The following table may be used for determining the weight of explosives to be used with a single delay period:   For nontabulated distances of over 300 feet, the following formula shall be used:
GA Code § 25-8-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 8 - Regulation of Blasting Operations Generally|§ 25-8-5. Use of Seismograph Measurements

  Seismograph measurements may be used to increase the charge weight per delay period, provided that the velocity limit of two inches per second of any of the three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion is not exceeded.   Seismograph measurements must be used in each individual blasting operation in which the standard table of distance is not being complied with. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a modified table for blasting operations may be established for use at a particular site, provided that the velocity limit of two inches per second of any of the three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion is not exceeded. Blasting operations without instrumentation will be considered as being within the limits set forth in this subsection if, at a specified location on at least five blasts, instrumentation has shown that the maximum peak particle velocity of any of the three mutually perpendicular components of ground motion at the specified location is 50 percent or less than the limit set forth in this subsection, provided that on all future blasts the scaled distance is equal to or greater than the scaled distance for the instrumented blast.   In estimating the maximum peak particle velocity at a particular position, the following formula shall be used:    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1624, § 5.)
GA Code § 25-8-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 25 - Fire Protection and Safety|Chapter 8 - Regulation of Blasting Operations Generally|§ 25-8-6. License Requirement

 Every person engaged in any use of explosives regulated by this chapter shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 25-2-17.   (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1624, § 6; Ga. L. 1994, p. 728, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 31A Am. Jur. 2d, Explosions and Explosives, § 2.   C.J.S.   - 35 C.J.S., Explosives, § 41 et seq.