New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL › Chapter IV - Miscellaneous Rules › Part 153 - Required Training For Commissioners Of Fire Districts › Section 153.5 - Manner of providing approved training course or course module

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) An approved
				training course or course module may be provided through live instruction in a
				classroom or similar setting, or by means of teleconferencing, interactive
				web-based training, self-paced on-line training, or any other method designed
				to address the learning needs of fire commissioners that is approved by the
				State Comptroller pursuant to section
				153.8 
				of this Part.
(b) All methods of
				providing an approved training course or course module shall be interactive,
				providing, at a minimum, opportunities for the instructor to assess progress
				and receive comments from the fire commissioners taking the course or module,
				and opportunities for the fire commissioners taking the course or course module
				to ask questions of the instructor.
(c) An approved training course may be
				offered in one of more sessions conducted on one or more days. The instructor
				presenting a course module shall verify attendance during, and successful
				completion of, the course module. No fire commissioner shall be issued
				documentation evidencing completion of an approved training course unless he or
				she successfully completes all six modules of the training course. No fire
				commissioner shall be issued documentation evidencing completion of a course
				module unless he or she successfully completes that module.
(d) When an approved training course or
				course module is offered at a specific location or facility, the location or
				facility shall comply with all legal requirements relating to physical access
				by persons with disabilities. Upon request, study and reference materials, and
				delivery of the training course or module, shall be accessible and useable by
				persons with disabilities through the use of means such as aides, auxiliary
				materials and services, and written materials in accessible formats.
(e) Within 45 days of a fire commissioner
				successfully completing an approved training course or course module, the
				person or organization offering the training course or course module shall
				issue to the fire commissioner documentation evidencing the date on which the
				fire commissioner successfully completed the training course or course module.
				Such person or organization shall maintain for a period of at least six years
				following the issuance of such documentation, and during that period make
				available to the State Comptroller, upon request, documentation with respect to
				each fire commissioner who successfully completes the training course or course
				module containing:
(1) the fire
				commissioner's name;
(2) the fire
				district for which the fire commissioner serves;
(3) the fire commissioner's contact
				information;
(4) the most recent
				date on which the fire commissioner took office;
(5) the course modules completed by the fire
				commissioner; and
(6) the date on
				which the fire commissioner successfully completed the course
				modules.