New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XII - Office Of Fire Prevention And Control › Part 427 - Minimum Standards For Firefighting Personnel In The State Of New York-administrative Procedures › Section 427.2 - Procedures for certification of fire training programs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Certification of fire training programs
				in basic fire training, in-service fire training, advanced in-service fire
				training, and promotional supervisory training shall be obtained in accordance
				with the following subdivision.
(b)
				An application for certification of a basic fire training program shall be
				submitted to the State Fire Administrator by the chief fire official of a
				municipality or his designated representative. Such application shall be in
				writing in a form acceptable to the State Fire Administrator and shall include:
(1) the name and qualifications of the
				municipal training officer required by section
				427.4 of this Part;
(2) the names and qualifications of those
				municipal fire instructors, if any, described in section
				427.4 of this Part who will be
				used in the basic fire training program;
(3) a completed copy of the probationary
				firefighter curriculum outline prescribed by the State Fire Administrator and,
				where locally developed lesson plans and materials are used, one copy of such
				lesson plans and materials, and copies of local rules and regulations, to the
				extent used, and where the Firefighter Apprenticeship Training program of the
				Department of Labor/International Association of Firefighters is used to
				fulfill minimum basic training subject requirements, a copy of the letter
				issued to the fire department by the New York State Department of Labor
				evidencing enrollment in a firefighter or fire medic apprenticeship
				program;
(4) a description of the
				facilities and equipment to be used to conduct the basic fire training
				program;
(5) a description of the
				recordkeeping system to be maintained to verify a student's completion of the
				requirements of Part 426 of this Chapter which system shall include, but not be
				limited to, the student enrollment card and the probationary firefighter
				training record prescribed by the State Fire Administrator, and copies of the
				evaluation instruments and procedures to be used to attest that a student has
				attained that level of performance established by the municipality for its
				firefighting personnel; and
(6) a
				description of the physical fitness training program to be used to develop and
				maintain the physical fitness necessary to perform the duties of a firefighter.
Certification shall be issued after the State Fire
				  Administrator determines that such application is complete, and that the basic
				  fire training program described therein meets or exceeds the requirements of
				  Part 426 of this Chapter. Amendments to the basic fire training program for the
				  coming calendar year shall be submitted to the State Fire Administrator before
				  the first of November preceding. When the amendments are determined by the
				  State Fire Administrator to meet or exceed the requirements of Part 46 of this
				  Chapter, certification shall be continued to the program as amended.