Sec. 29-298a. Fire Marshal Training Council established. Duties. Members.
Sec. 29-298a. Fire Marshal Training Council established. Duties. Members.
There shall be established within the Department of Public Safety a Fire Marshal Training Council which shall advise the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards
Committee on all matters pertaining to (1) certification training programs, (2) decertification hearings, (3) in-service training for fire marshals in the state, and (4) programs
for all other persons eligible to receive training pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 29-251c. The council shall be composed of twelve members as follows:
The State Fire Marshal or his designee; a member of the Codes and Standards Committee
to be elected by such committee; three members appointed by the Connecticut Fire
Marshals' Association, one of whom shall be a volunteer, one of whom shall be a part-time paid, and one of whom shall be a full-time, local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal
or fire inspector; one member appointed by the Board of Governors of Higher Education;
two members appointed by the Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population in excess of seventy
thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; the chief elected official of a municipality
having a population of less than seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor;
and two public members, appointed by the Governor. Members shall be residents of
this state and shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The council may elect
such officers as it deems necessary.
(P.A. 86-327, S. 4; P.A. 89-260, S. 38, 41; P.A. 98-233, S. 7, 8; P.A. 07-84, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 89-260 substituted two members appointed by the board of trustees for the community-technical colleges
for one member appointed by the board of trustees for state technical colleges and one member appointed by the board of
trustees for regional community colleges; P.A. 98-233 included certain other eligible persons in training programs, effective
July 1, 1999; P.A. 07-84 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4) and added advisement re decertification hearings to list of
council's duties, effective June 1, 2007.