Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Fire Services › Fire Fighters Training Council › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 29.401 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the
				  firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.361 to 29.377.
(b) "Authority having
				  jurisdiction" or "AHJ" means an organization, office, or individual responsible
				  for either enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or approving
				  equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
(c) "Bureau" means the bureau of fire
				  services, in the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(d) "Cadet" means an individual who
				  participates in a training course, is between 16 and 18 years of age, and
				  participates in a council registered and approved cadet program offered by a
				  fire department or public safety department.
(e) "Curriculum work group" means a group of
				  fire service members appointed by the chairperson of the council.
(f) "Department" means the department of
				  licensing and regulatory affairs .
(g) "Electronic learning management system"
				  means a system used for administration, documentation, reporting, and delivery
				  of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development
				  programs.
(h) "Emergency medical
				  services and instructor coordinator license" or "EMS/IC license" means a
				  license issued by the Michigan department of health and human services (MDHHS)
				  pursuant to part 209 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20901 to
				  333.20979.
(i) "Equivalent" means
				  certifications from another state's certifying agency that meet the NFPA
				  standard for that classification.
(j) "Explorer" means an individual who is
				  participating in a training course, is between 16 and 18 years of age, and
				  participates in a council-approved Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the
				  USA explorer program sponsored by a fire department or a public safety
				  department.
(k) "International Fire
				  Service Accreditation Congress" or "IFSAC" means a not-for-profit, peer-driven,
				  self-governing system of both fire service certifying entities and higher
				  education fire-related degree programs.
(l) "Materially untrue statement" means a
				  false writing or document that contains any fictitious or fraudulent
				  information or entry.
(m)
				  "Operational capacity" means engaged in active operations of emergency scenes.
(n) "Pre-service student" means an
				  individual who is taking firefighting classes through an approved regional
				  training center and who is not a member of a Michigan fire department or a
				  public safety department.
(o) "Pro
				  Board®" means the fire service system for the accreditation of agencies
				  that certify candidates to the various disciplines and levels identified in the
				  NFPA Professional Qualification series of standards.
(p) "Q course" means a course developed and
				  owned by organizations or individual subject matter experts.
(q) "Regional Response Team Network" or
				  "RRTN" means a regional response team network for a hazardous materials
				  response.
(r) "Regional Training
				  Center" or "RTC" means a regional training center, as established pursuant to
				  section 9(2)(c) of the act, MCL 29.369.
(s) "RTC student" means an individual who is
				  taking firefighting classes through an approved RTC and who may or may not be
				  registered with a fire department or a public safety department.
(t) "Revoked" means removal of certification
				  by this state or another state.
(u)
				  "Revocation" means the council revoked an individual's certification as part of
				  a disciplinary process.
(v)
				  "Third-party authorization" means a course owned by a private curriculum
				  provider in which an instructor is required by the developer to meet the
				  developer's requirements to teach the course.
(w) "Training information network" means the
				  bureau's system used to track an individual's fire department membership,
				  council-approved training, and certification.