reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AR Code § 20-22-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-804. Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board — Duties and powers

 (a) The Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board shall:  (1) Prescribe by rule minimum standards for the certification of fire departments and standards for the classification of fire departments as to their level of service, including, but not limited to, standards for training levels for firefighters of fire departments, minimum levels of equipment, and minimum performance standards;  (2) Establish a system of identification for firefighters of certified fire departments for the purpose of assisting firefighters to carry out their duties;  (3) Assist fire departments with training programs and assist with the establishment and upgrading of fire departments;  (4) Promote the exchange of information among fire departments and state agencies;  (5) Serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Division of Emergency Management with respect to the operation of fire services and the matters concerning certification and standards related to fire services in the state;  (6) Periodically review and evaluate current and proposed national and international activities related to the improvement and upgrading of fire services to ensure that the state maintains acceptable standards of fire protection for its citizens and standards for training its firefighters;  (7) Advise the Director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy in matters related to the training and certification of fire services personnel in Arkansas and curriculum and instructional content of the curriculum offered by the Arkansas Fire Training Academy;  (8)  (A) Advise the President of Southern Arkansas University in matters regarding the appointment and retention of the Director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy.  (B) The Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board shall review the applications for the position of Director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy submitted to the president and recommend three (3) candidates for the position to the president.  (C) The president shall appoint the Director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy from the three (3) recommended candidates; and    (9) Establish other reasonable rules as may be necessary for the purposes of this subchapter.    (b) As of March 1, 2003, the Arkansas Fire Training Academy Board created by § 12-13-202 [repealed] and the Arkansas Fire Advisory Board created by § 20-22-1005 [repealed] are transferred by a Type 3 transfer under § 25-2-106 to the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board created by § 20-22-803.
AR Code § 20-22-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-805. Office of Fire Protection Services — Creation

 (a) There is created the Office of Fire Protection Services which shall be under the supervision and direction of the Director of the Division of Emergency Management.  (b) The Director of the Office of Fire Protection Services, who shall be employed by the Director of the Division of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, shall have the responsibility to carry out the administrative functions and directives of the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board.  (c) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 20-22-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-806. Certification and classification of fire departments

 (a) Fire departments in this state may apply for annual certification and classification by the Director of the Office of Fire Protection Services. Each fire department applying for certification shall submit such information as may be required by the director to determine whether the fire department meets minimum certification standards and to classify the department as to its level of service.  (b)  (1) Certification standards for fire departments shall not be changed unless the changes are approved by the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board.  (2) Any change to the certification standards under this subsection shall not be effective until twelve (12) months after the adoption of the published change.    (c)  (1) Firefighters shall maintain a minimum of sixteen (16) hours per year of certifiable training meeting the standards of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy.  (2) A firefighter who receives more certified hours than required in subdivision (c)(1) of this section in a year may carry over the additional certified hours to the next year only.    (d) Firefighters shall also receive within the first year of service as a firefighter:  (1) Up to sixteen (16) hours in the Introduction to Firefighting course;  (2) Up to sixteen (16) hours in the Personal Protective Equipment course; and  (3) Up to eight (8) hours in the Wildland Fire Suppression course.    (e)  (1) A member of a fire department who does not engage in firefighting is exempt from the requirements of this section.  (2) A member under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be eligible for workers' compensation coverage under § 20-22-809.  (3) A member under subdivision (e)(1) of this section is considered a firefighter for the purpose of number of members of the fire department.    (f) A fire department that complies with this section is eligible for insurance premium tax moneys under § 14-284-401 et seq.
AR Code § 20-22-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-807. Authority of certified fire departments

 Certified fire departments and their firefighters shall have the authority to do all acts reasonably necessary to extinguish fires and protect life and property from fire.
AR Code § 20-22-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-808. Limited immunity of certified fire departments

 (a) Any certified fire department that does not have tort immunity as provided by state law shall be subject to limited liability as provided in this section.  (b) Certified fire departments entitled to limited immunity under this section shall not be liable for damages to persons or property resulting from an act or omission of the fire department or the firefighter occurring at the scene of a reported fire and related to the suppression of the reported fire if the act or omission did not constitute gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.
AR Code § 20-22-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-809. Workers' compensation

 (a) For the purpose of workers' compensation coverage in cases of injury to or death of an individual, volunteer firefighters of certified fire departments, other than municipal fire departments, who meet the requirements of this section are county employees and shall receive minimum compensation. Their survivors shall receive death benefits in the same manner as regular county employees for injury or death arising out of and in the course of their activities as firefighters.  (b) Volunteer firefighters requesting workers' compensation coverage shall annually file with the county clerk evidence that:  (1) The firefighter has met the minimum training standards recommended by the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board; and  (2) The volunteer firefighter is a member of a certified fire department other than a municipal fire department.    (c) A member of a fire department under § 20-22-806 who does not engage in firefighting is eligible for workers' compensation under this section.
AR Code § 20-22-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-810. Legislative purpose and intent

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) The specialized and hazardous nature of firefighting requires that firefighters possess the requisite knowledge and demonstrate the ability to perform certain skills to carry our their responsibilities; and  (2) The activities of firefighters are important to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to require minimum standards for training for entry level, full-time firefighters.
AR Code § 20-22-811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 8 - Fire Protection Services|§ 20-22-811. Training requirements

 (a)  (1) After January 1, 2004, no person shall be hired as a full-time firefighter by any local government firefighting unit for a period exceeding one (1) year or for a cumulative time exceeding two thousand nine hundred twelve (2,912) compensated hours unless that person is certified as having completed the mandatory training requirements in subsection (c) of this section.  (2) Any state agency or political subdivision that employs a person as a firefighter for a period exceeding one (1) year or for a cumulative time exceeding two thousand nine hundred twelve (2,912) compensated hours who does not meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this section is prohibited from performing the duties of fire suppression, rescue, pump operations, or other fire ground activities as described in § 20-22-802(5).  (3) The Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board may grant an extension to individuals employed within the guidelines as established by the board.    (b) Firefighters serving as full-time employees before January 1, 2004, in a local firefighting unit shall not be required to meet the minimum requirements in subsection (c) of this section.  (c)  (1) The uniform training standards for entry level, full-time firefighters shall consist of satisfactory completion of a training program administered by the Arkansas Fire Training Academy which shall utilize the “National Fire Protection Association 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications”.  (2) The academy shall be the certifying agency for fire service personnel.  (3) Any person seeking employment from another state shall submit his or her certification to the academy for review and approval.
AR Code § 20-22-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-901. Duty to respond to fires

 (a)  (1)  (A) Upon receipt of a report of an uncontrolled fire or a 911 or other emergency call reporting a fire, it shall be the duty of volunteer fire departments operating within the State of Arkansas to respond to, attempt to control, and put out all fires occurring within their respective districts involving any real or personal property, whether or not that property is owned by members of the fire district.  (B) The volunteer fire department may seek payment or reimbursement from a member or nonmember of the fire district for one hundred percent (100%) of the expendable resources the volunteer fire department used to respond to an accident under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section if the accident involved personal property only.    (2) However, unless the following circumstances exist, the volunteer fire department shall have no duty or authority to respond to or attempt to control and put out any fire that occurs on forest lands, cut-over lands, brush lands, or grasslands owned by a nonmember:  (A) The fire poses an immediate threat to life of any person;  (B) There is a written agreement between a nonmember owner of the real or personal property and the volunteer fire department requiring the fire department to respond;  (C) The fire is in violation of a countywide fire ban; or  (D) The fire poses an immediate threat to the real or personal property owned by a member of the district.      (b)  (1)  (A) If the property is owned by a nonmember of the fire district, the volunteer fire department may recover from the nonmember property owner the reasonable value of its services.  (B) Recovery under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section shall not exceed the fair market value of the services rendered.    (2)  (A) A claim for services in responding to a fire or accident involving only personal property shall be allowed only for personal property of nonmembers.  (B) The claimed amount under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (C)  (i) A claim under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be supported by a completed and attached Uniform Fire Department Insurance Reimbursement Billing Form.  (ii) The Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board shall adopt rules to create the form and the allowable rates for reimbursement under this subdivision (b)(2).  (iii) The board shall use the Schedule of Equipment Rates published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, as in effect on January 1, 2013.
AR Code § 20-22-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-902. Fire on nonmember's property — Reimbursement from insurance proceeds

 When a volunteer fire department responds to a fire occurring or responds to a 911 or other fire emergency call within its district and the property which is the subject of the alarm is owned by a nonmember and insured in case of any damage resulting from a fire, the insurance company insuring the property against loss shall pay to the volunteer fire department the reasonable cost of its services from the insurance proceeds. The insurance company shall obtain a written and signed release from the fire chief of the volunteer fire department before disbursing the remaining proceeds to any other person, financial institution, company, or corporation which has a legal interest in the proceeds.
AR Code § 20-22-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-903. Authority of Arkansas Forestry Commission not affected

 This subchapter and § 23-88-102 shall in no way modify or limit the existing authority of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, nor shall it be construed as repealing any law applicable to the commission.
AR Code § 20-22-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-904. Lien on uninsured nonmember's property

 (a) If the property which is the subject of the alarm is owned by a nonmember and is not insured and if the volunteer fire department has not been paid for the services rendered, then the volunteer fire department shall have an absolute lien on the real and personal property which is the subject of the alarm for the work and labor performed in responding to or fighting the fire to secure the payment of the work and labor performed.  (b) The lien on real property shall attach to the real estate upon which the property is located and all improvements thereon.  (c) The lien on personalty shall attach to all personal property owned by the nonmember located within the county in which the alarm occurred.
AR Code § 20-22-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-905. Filing and enforcement of lien

 (a) The volunteer fire department shall give ten (10) days' notice before the filing of the lien to the owner or agent that it holds a claim against the property setting forth the amount and from whom it is due. The notice may be served by any officer authorized by law to serve process in civil actions. When served by an officer, his or her official return endorsed on it shall be proof of service.  (b) Whenever property is sought to be charged with a lien under this subchapter and § 23-88-102 and the owner is not a resident of this state, or conceals himself or herself or absents himself or herself from his or her usual place of abode so that the required notice cannot be served upon him or her, the notice may be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the property to be charged with the lien is located. When filed, the lien shall have like effect as if served upon the owner or his or her agent and shall be received in all courts of this state as evidence of the service of the notice.  (c) The volunteer fire department shall file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the property to be charged with the lien is located, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the work and labor have been furnished and performed, a just and true account of the amount due and owing, after allowing all credits, and containing a correct description of the property to be charged with the lien, verified by affidavit.  (d) All liens created by this subchapter and § 23-88-102 shall be enforced in the circuit court of the county wherein the property on which the lien is attached is located.  (e) All actions under this subchapter and § 23-88-102 shall be commenced within fifteen (15) months after the filing of the lien. No lien shall continue to exist by virtue of the provisions of this subchapter and § 23-88-102 for more than fifteen (15) months after the lien shall be filed, unless within that time an action shall be instituted thereon.  (f) The pleadings, practice, process, and other proceedings shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions and proceedings in circuit courts. The petition shall allege the facts necessary for securing a lien under this subchapter and § 23-88-102 together with a complete description of the property on which the lien is attached.
AR Code § 20-22-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 9 - Volunteer Fire Departments|§ 20-22-906. Attorney's fee

 When any volunteer fire department gives notice to the nonmember owner of the property of the costs and expenses of responding to, suppressing, controlling, or attempting to suppress and control the fire and when the invoice is not paid within ninety (90) days, as provided for in this subchapter or under § 23-88-102, if the volunteer fire department is required to sue for the enforcement of its claim, the court shall allow the volunteer fire department a reasonable attorney's fee in addition to other relief to which it may be entitled.
AR Code § 20-22-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1001. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993”.
AR Code § 20-22-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1002. Policy and purpose

 Because of the existing and increasing occurrence of fires that damage and destroy the public and private property of the citizens of Arkansas and because of the increase in population and structures that form the residences, businesses, and institutions of this state and its business, industrial, and environmental resources and threaten the safety, health, and welfare of its citizens, it is found and declared to be necessary:   (1) To facilitate the cooperation and efficient coordination of the current state functions related to fire prevention, training, and management through the Office of Fire Protection Services for more effective and economical use of existing personnel, equipment, facilities, and resources;  (2) To provide a fire services management system to be responsive to local government for current and future fire services needs related to continued population and economic growth;  (3) To direct the designation of fire protection services liaisons within each affected state department or agency and each local government; and  (4) To prepare, develop, formulate, and engage in a comprehensive program for the orderly coordination, cooperation, and development of fire protection services resources of the State of Arkansas and its local governments, to be referred to as the “Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan”.
AR Code § 20-22-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 22 - Fire Prevention, Protection, and Safety|Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Comprehensive Fire Protection Act of 1993|§ 20-22-1003. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Adjunct services” refers to those activities related to or performed by a fire services agency, such as hazardous and toxic materials response and recovery, search and rescue, and such other functions as may be assigned to or reasonably expected of a local fire services agency;  (2) “Fire mitigation” means, but is not limited to, those activities designed to lessen the impact of fire upon structures, persons, or the natural environment;  (3) “Fire prevention” means, but is not limited to, those actions taken directly or indirectly by an entity of state, county, or municipal government to prevent the occurrence of fire, whether the result of accident or through arson;  (4) “Fire services” means those functions of firefighting, fire prevention, fire mitigation, fire training, and fire administration performed by rural or municipal, volunteer or paid professional firefighters and fire departments created in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas;  (5) “Fire training” refers to those teaching, educational, or training activities conducted to improve the ability of an individual or a fire department to contain, suppress, or otherwise reduce the danger incurred from fire and includes not only technical training on the use of equipment and resources for fire suppression but also those administrative, training, fiscal, and other programs designed to enhance an individual's or a fire department's ability to perform his or her or its assigned duties; and  (6) “Local government” means a county, city of the first class, city of the second class, or an incorporated town, a fire protection district, a subordinate services district of a county, an improvement district organized to provide fire services, or any other fire department created in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas.