Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 205 - RULES OF FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL, GEORGIA › Chapter 205-1 - ORGANIZATION › Subject 205-1-3 - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS OPERATING IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA › Rule 205-1-3-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
"Authority Having Jurisdiction"
or
"AHJ"
means an organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
(2)
"Candidate"
means a prospective firefighter who has not yet been certified by the Council as having met the requirements of this chapter.
(3)
"Certified"
means any individual requiring state certification who has been certified as having met the requirements established by the Council.
(4)
"Certified Firefighter"
or
"State Certified Firefighter"
means any firefighter who has been certified by the Council as having met the requirements of this chapter.
(5)
"Compensation"
means paid on an hourly or salaried basis.
(6)
"Continued Annual Training"
means the professional development training needed to meet minimum requirements to maintain certification(s)/qualification each calendar year as approved by the Fire Chief.
(7)
"Continued Certification"
means having met the minimum professional development training required each calendar year for those individuals who are certified by the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council to maintain their certification(s).
(8)
"Designee"
means the representative designated by the fire chief to deal with matters of the Council.
(9)
"Fire and Life Safety Educator"
means a person who is trained to deliver fire and life safety training programs to the general public.
(10)
"Fire Department Training Officer"
means the person responsible for administrative work in planning, organizing, coordinating, and directing training activities of the Fire Department.
(11)
"Firefighter"
means any able-bodied person at least 18 years of age who has been duly appointed by a legally constituted fire department and who has the responsibility of preventing and suppressing fires, protecting life and property, and performing other duties enumerated in O.C.G.A. §
									25-3-1 and §
									25-3-2.
(12)
"Fire Inspector"
means a person who is trained to perform fire and life safety inspections of all types of new construction and existing occupancies.
(13)
"Fire Investigator"
means a person who is trained to investigate and determine fire cause and origin.
(14)
"Fire Service Instructor"
means the person responsible for delivering instruction effectively from prepared materials at the direction, and often under the supervision, of the Fire Department Training Officer.
(15)
"Full-time"
or
"Career"
means employed for compensation on a basis of at least 40 hours per week by any municipal, county, state, or private incorporated fire department.
(16)
"Georgia Fire Academy"
or
"GFA"
means a division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center that is responsible for training fire service personnel.
(17)
"Inmate Firefighter"
means an individual currently serving a sentence as a Georgia Department of Corrections inmate and currently enrolled, or who has successfully completed, the Georgia Department of Corrections Inmate Firefighter training program, and is recognized by the Georgia Department of Corrections as such.
(18)
"Live Fire Training"
means a structure fire control class conducted by the Georgia Fire Academy or a structure fire control class conducted at another location where at least one qualified instructor has completed the "Structural Fire Control Instructor" course and conducted in accordance with the current edition of NFPA 1403.
(19)
"Part-time"
means employed for compensation for an average of less than 30 hours per week by any municipal, county, state, or private incorporated fire department.
(20)
"Professional Development"
means training that meets a national or state standard, or addresses a specific area of local service delivery (this does not include daily duties such as maintenance, territory study, equipment checks, etc., unless it is for a recruit or probationary personnel) and performed in a classroom, at a conference, a drill field setting, etc. with instruction by an individual deemed to be qualified by the fire chief.
(21)
"Qualified"
means that the recruit has completed required training and testing and that the fire department has submitted necessary paperwork to GFSTC verifying that the recruit has met the necessary requirements as approved by the Council.
(22)
"Recertification"
means restoring the certification(s) to those individuals who have lost their certification(s).
(23)
"Recruit"
means a prospective firefighter who has not yet been certified or qualified by the Council as having met the requirements of O.C.G.A 25-4 and these Rules & Regulations.
(24)
"Registered"
means that the fire department has submitted necessary paperwork to GFSTC to add the individual to the department's roster required under O.C.G.A 25-4 and these Rules & Regulations.
(25)
"Registered Volunteer"
means "Volunteer Suppression Firefighter".
O.C.G.A. §§
											25-3-21, 25-4-2, 25-4-7, 25-4-10.