2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4765.55. Firefighter and fire safety inspector training programs.

§ 4765.55. Firefighter and fire safety inspector training programs.
 

(A)  This section does not apply to a cooperative education school district. 

(B)  The executive director of the state board of emergency medical services shall, with the advice and counsel of the firefighter and fire safety inspector training committee of the state board of emergency medical services, assist in the establishment and maintenance by any state agency, or any county, township, city, village, school district, or educational service center of a fire service training program for the training of all paid and volunteer firefighters and fire safety inspectors in this state. The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the committee, shall adopt standards to regulate such firefighter and fire safety inspector training programs. The standards may include, but need not be limited to, provisions for minimum courses of study, minimum hours of instruction, attendance requirements, required equipment and facilities, qualifications of instructors, basic physical and methods training required of firefighters and fire safety inspectors, and training schedules. The standards adopted to regulate training programs for volunteer firefighters shall not require more than thirty-six hours of training. The executive director, with the advice and counsel of the committee, shall provide for the classification and chartering of such training programs and may revoke any charter for failure to meet standards. 

(C)  Certificates issued under this division shall be prescribed by the executive director, with the advice and counsel of the firefighter and fire inspector training committee of the state board of emergency medical services. 

(1) The executive director shall issue a certificate to each person satisfactorily completing a chartered training program. 

(2) The executive director, with the committee's advice and counsel, shall establish criteria for evaluating the standards maintained by other states and the branches of the United States military for firefighter training programs to determine whether the standards are equivalent to those established under this section and shall establish requirements and procedures for issuing a certificate to each person who presents proof to the executive director of having satisfactorily completed a training program that meets those standards. 

(3) The executive director, with the committee's advice and counsel, shall establish requirements and procedures for issuing a certificate in lieu of completing a chartered firefighter training program to any person requesting a certificate who began serving as a permanent full-time paid firefighter with the fire department of a city or village prior to July 2, 1970, or as a volunteer firefighter with the fire department of a township, fire district, city, or village prior to July 2, 1979. 

(D)  Nothing in this section invalidates any other section of the Revised Code relating to the fire training academy. 
 

HISTORY: RC § 3303.07, 133 v S 226 (Eff 11-19-69); 137 v H 590 (Eff 7-1-79); RC § 4765.55, 144 v S 98 (Eff 11-12-92); 144 v S 195 (Eff 4-16-93); 146 v H 117 (Eff 9-29-95); 146 v S 150 (Eff 11-24-95); 146 v H 405 (Eff 10-1-96); 148 v H 138. Eff 11-3-2000.