New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 25 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL › Part 10 - FIRE PROTECTION FUND › Section 10.25.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
As used in this rule:
A.
accreditation
means to give
				official authorization or approval; or to recognize or vouch for as conforming
				to a standard;
B.
certified
				fire department
means a fire department that has been certified pursuant
				to paragraph 10.25.10.11 of this rule;
C.
certification
means to
				attest authoritatively; specifically, the issuance of a document that states
				that one has demonstrated the knowledge and skills necessary to function in a
				particular field, by a testing procedure;
D.
certifying entity
means an
				organization that is accredited, or a government agency statutorily authorized
				to issue certificates;
E.
competent
means capable; fit to perform the assigned tasks;
F.
fire department
means an
				organization created by any municipality, county, or other governmental entity
				entitled to fire protection funds and capable of providing fire suppression and
				related activities;
G.
fire
				chief
means the highest-ranking officer in charge of a fire
				department;
H.
fire
				company
means a group of members that is under the direct supervision of
				an officer or leader; trained and equipped to perform assigned tasks; arrives
				at the incident scene on the fire apparatus, or assembles at the scene prior to
				assignment; usually operates with one piece of apparatus; examples of companies
				are pumper/engine, truck/ladder, service, elevating platform, rescue, wild
				land, hazardous materials, and emergency medical/ambulance;
I.
fire protection fund (FPF)
means funds distributed pursuant to the Fire Protection Fund Act, Section
				59A-53-1 NMSA 1978;
J.
fire
				marshal
means the state fire marshal as established under the State Fire
				Marshal Act, Section 59A-52-1 NMSA 1978;
K.
fire service apparatus
means
				a motorized vehicle designated to respond to fire service functions performed
				by the fire department;
L.
fire service
means all fire departments and fire department members that
				have the skills and equipment needed to perform the functions of a fire
				department based on NFPA standards or nationally accepted practices; fire
				service functions performed by fire departments ensure public safety and
				health; fire services functions may include, but are not limited to, structural
				firefighting, wild land firefighting, emergency medical services, rescue, and
				hazardous materials;
M.
fire
				suppression
means the activities involved in controlling and
				extinguishing fires; fire suppression shall include all activities performed at
				the scene of a fire incident or training exercise that expose fire department
				members to the dangers of heat, flame, smoke, and other products of combustion,
				explosion or structural collapse;
N.
initial attack apparatus
means a fire service apparatus that meets the general requirements of the
				applicable NFPA standard and has a permanently mounted fire pump of at least
				250 gpm capacity, a water tank, and a hose body; the primary function is to
				initiate a fire suppression attack on structural, vehicular, or vegetation
				fires, and to support associated fire department operations;
O.
insurance services office, inc
				(ISO)
means an independent statistical, rating, and advisory
				organization that serves the property and casualty insurance industry. ISO
				collects information on a community's public fire protection and analyzes the
				data using its fire suppression rating schedule (FSRS). ISO then assigns a
				public protection classification from 1 to 10. Class 1 represents the best
				public protection and Class 10 indicates no recognized protection;
P.
local government
means
				either the municipal or county governing body that governs a given fire
				department;
Q.
main
				station
means a structure owned or leased by the local government that
				provides adequate protection for all apparatus designated to respond from the
				structure; as a minimum, the structure should contain an area dedicated for
				administration, classrooms or a training area, and restrooms; the structure
				shall house at least one apparatus that meets the criteria for an initial
				attack or pumper apparatus; the structure shall serve as the command and
				control station for either all or a designated portion of the department's
				response area; each fire department shall have at least one main station; if
				the fire department has more than one main station, there shall be a minimum of
				three fire companies under the direct control of the senior-ranking officer
				assigned to each main station; the companies shall be housed in the main
				station or in substations that are under the command of the senior-ranking
				officer; separate buildings that house only fire service administration and
				that are not co-located with other stations may also be considered main
				stations;
R.
may
means an optional or discretionary requirement;
S.
member
means a person
				involved in performing the duties and responsibilities of a fire department
				under the auspices of the organization; a fire department member may be a
				full-time or part-time paid employee, a paid or unpaid volunteer; may occupy
				any position or rank within the fire department, and may or may not engage in
				emergency operations;
T.
NFPA standard
means the most recent edition of the national fire
				protection association standard for a given subject;
U.
New Mexico firefighters training
				academy (NMFTA)
means the primary institution within the state fire
				marshal's office responsible for developing or conducting fire service related
				training; the NMFTA is accredited by the international fire service
				accreditation congress (IFSAC); as it pertains to this system, the mission
				statement for IFSAC is to measure the level of professionalism of the fire
				service internationally through the accreditation of those entities who
				administer standardized written or manipulative examinations of the required
				knowledge and skills to meet nationally and internationally recognized
				professional qualification standards;
V.
operational/functional
				status
means a certified fire department that has sufficient membership
				to ensure the response of at least four members to structure fires; all four
				members shall have sufficient structural firefighting protective clothing and
				be, as a minimum, competent at the firefighter I level as established by the
				NMFTA bureau;
W.
position
				task book (PTB)
means a document that lists the minimum performance
				requirements (tasks) for a specific position within the fire service in format
				that allows a trainee to be evaluated against written standards;
X.
pumper apparatus
means a
				fire department apparatus that meets the general requirements of the applicable
				NFPA standard and has a permanently mounted fire pump of at least 750 gpm
				capacity, a water tank, and a hose body; the primary function is to combat
				structural and associated fires;
Y.
shall
means a mandatory requirement;
Z.
should
means a
				recommendation or that which is advised;
AA.
SFMO
means the state fire
				marshal's office;
BB.
substation
means a structure owned or leased by the local government
				that provides adequate protection for all apparatus designated to respond from
				the structure; the structure should house at least one apparatus that meets the
				general criteria of an initial attack or pumper apparatus; the structure may or
				may not include separate interior rooms, such as offices, classrooms, and
				quarters;
CC.
trainee
means a member of a fire department that is working towards being recognized as
				competent in a given fire department position; training may be through an
				academy, conducted by the department, on the job, or by any other means that
				ensures the trainee can complete the appropriate tasks;
DD.
wildland fire apparatus
means a fire service apparatus that meets the general requirements of the
				applicable NFPA standard and is equipped with a pump having a capacity between
				20 gpm and 250 gpm, a water tank, and equipment whose primary purpose is to
				combat vegetation fires, and to support associated fire department
				operations.