New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 73 - STANDARDS FOR FIRE SERVICE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Subchapter 2 - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES › Section 5:73-2.1 - Standards for educational programs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) To carry out their
				responsibilities, fire service personnel must be fully knowledgeable and adequately
				prepared. This subchapter adopts standards for fire service training and education
				programs.
1. Programs for firefighters must meet
				certain standards to ensure firefighters have the necessary skills and knowledge
				which the specialized and hazardous nature of fire fighting requires.
2. Programs for fire service instructors must meet
				certain standards to ensure they have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide
				instruction for fire service members.
3.
				Programs for airport rescue and firefighting training must meet certain standards to
				ensure firefighters have the necessary skills and knowledge that the specialized and
				hazardous nature of airport rescue and firefighting requires.
4. Programs for marine firefighting training must
				meet certain standards to ensure firefighters have the necessary skills and
				knowledge that the specialized and hazardous nature of marine firefighting for
				land-based firefighters requires.
5.
				Programs for industrial fire brigade training must meet certain standards to ensure
				members have the necessary skills and knowledge that the specialized and hazardous
				nature of industrial firefighting requires.
6. Programs for live fire training must meet
				certain standards to ensure that training is conducted in a safe manner under live
				fire conditions that the specialized and hazardous nature of firefighting
				requires.
7. Programs for fire officers
				training must meet certain standards to ensure they have the knowledge and skills
				necessary to provide leadership and management of fire service members and
				resources, that the specialized and hazardous nature of firefighting
				requires.
8. Programs for fire
				department safety officer training must meet certain standards to ensure they have
				the knowledge and skills necessary to provide leadership and ensure the health and
				safety of fire service members during training, emergency incidents, and during
				non-emergency time periods.
9. Programs
				for hazardous materials training must meet certain standards to ensure safety and
				technical competency of first responders.
10. Programs for fire investigators training must
				meet certain standards to ensure they have the knowledge and skills necessary to
				investigate fires to determine the origin, cause, and responsibility of a
				fire.
11. Programs for fire apparatus
				driver/operator training must meet certain standards to ensure that apparatus is
				operated safely and that the services expected from the apparatus are delivered at
				an emergency incident.
12. Programs for
				technical rescuer training must meet certain standards to ensure the safety and
				technical competency of rescuers by rescue specialty.
13. Programs to train fire and life safety
				educators, public information officers, youth firesetter intervention specialists,
				and youth firesetter program managers must meet certain standards to ensure these
				positions are performed to national job performance requirements.
14. Programs for rapid intervention crews training
				must meet certain standards to ensure they have the knowledge and skills necessary
				to rescue firefighters who may become trapped or incapacitated during firefighting
				operations.
15. Programs for wildland
				firefighters training must meet certain standards to ensure firefighters have the
				necessary skills and knowledge that the specialized and hazardous nature of wildland
				firefighting requires.
16. Programs for
				fire police officer training must meet certain standards to ensure roadway safety
				during emergency incidents and fire department support
				operations.