Section 29.362 - Definitions.
FIREFIGHTERS TRAINING COUNCIL ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 291 of 1966
29.362 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Council" means the firefighters training council.
(b) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the council.
(c) "Firefighter" means a member, including volunteer members and members paid on call, of an organized fire department who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the prevention and detection of fires, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state. Firefighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
(d) "Organized fire department" means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.
(e) "Firefighter training" means education or training designed and intended to enhance the ability of an organized fire department or the personnel of an organized fire department to safeguard life and property from damage from explosion, fire, or disaster, and to deliver fire suppression and other related fire services.
History: 1966, Act 291, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 213, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of fire fighters training council from department of state police to department of labor and economic growth by Type I transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of department of state police, and its director, from the department of state police to department of labor and economic growth by Type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.