New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XII - Office Of Fire Prevention And Control › Part 438 - New York State Fire Training Program-minimum Standards › Section 438.6 - Municipal Training Program

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				The Municipal Training Program is reserved for fire departments which comply
				with Parts 426 ("Minimum Standards for Firefighting Personnel"), and 427
				("Minimum Standards for Firefighting Personnel in the State of New York -
				Administrative Procedures") of this Title.
(b) The Municipal Training Program is
				established to allow certified instructors to deliver State fire training
				courses at the local level.
(c) The
				chief fire official shall send a written designation to the State Fire
				Administrator identifying a specific individual to serve as the municipal
				training officer in accordance with Part 427 of this Title. Such designation
				must be approved by the State Fire Administrator. If no qualified individual is
				designated, the chief fire official shall serve as the municipal training
				officer.
(d) The municipal training
				officer is responsible for the administration of the Municipal Training
				Program. The municipal training officer shall ensure that appropriate
				facilities and equipment for the conduct of State fire training courses are
				available.
(e) Instructors may
				teach only those courses for which they have been authorized. Instructors must
				be designated in writing by the authority having jurisdiction to attend
				instructor conferences. The cost for municipal training instructors to attend
				instructor conferences is not the responsibility of the State of New
				York.
(f) Personal protective
				equipment, medical clearance for use of self-contained breathing apparatus,
				workers' compensation insurance, course curriculum, and student materials are
				the responsibility of the authority having jurisdiction.
(g) The chief fire official or the municipal
				training officer may send a written designation to the State Fire Administrator
				identifying certain individuals to serve as municipal fire instructors in
				accordance with Part 427 of this Title. Such designation must be approved by
				the State Fire Administrator.
(h)
				Municipal training officers and municipal fire instructors may provide training
				to the volunteer members of combination fire departments with both career and
				volunteer firefighters. Fire departments functioning within the Municipal
				Training Program may cooperate to form an instructor pool in order to share
				training resources.
(i) Fire
				departments participating in the Municipal Training Program may provide
				training to members of other fire departments upon written agreement of the
				municipal training officer, chief officer of all the participating fire
				departments and the county fire coordinator.
(j) The authority having jurisdiction is
				responsible for supplying course curriculum and student materials for the
				following courses:
(1) firefighter
				I;
(2) firefighter II;
(3) scene support operations;
(4) hazardous materials awareness;
				and
(5) hazardous materials first
				responder operations.