477.075 - Creation; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members; officers; vacancies; administrative support.
477.075 Creation; composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members; officers; vacancies; administrative support.
1. The Fire Service Standards and Training Committee, consisting of seven voting members and one nonvoting member, is hereby created.
2. The Committee consists of the Chair of the State Board of Fire Services, who is an ex officio member of the Committee, one member appointed by the State Fire Marshal, and six members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(a) Two chief officers or persons of equivalent rank, or two persons designated by the chief of the department, of a full-time, paid fire department who have experience in fire service training;
(b) Two chief officers or persons of equivalent rank, or two persons designated by the chief of the department, of a volunteer fire department who have experience in fire service training; and
(c) Two chief officers or persons of equivalent rank, or two persons designated by the chief of the department, of a combination paid and volunteer fire department who have experience in fire service training.
3. The six members appointed by the Governor must be from the following counties:
(a) One member from Clark County;
(b) One member from Washoe County; and
(c) Four members from other counties, except that a majority of the voting members on the Committee must not be from one county.
4. The Governor shall make the appointments from recommendations submitted by:
(a) The Nevada Fire Chiefs Association, Inc.;
(b) The Nevada State Firemen’s Association;
(c) The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada;
(d) The Southern Nevada Fire Marshal’s Association;
(e) The Southern Nevada Fire Chiefs’ Association;
(f) The Northern Nevada Fire Marshal’s Association; and
(g) Representatives of fire departments of Washoe County.
5. For the initial terms of the members of the Committee, each entity listed in subsection 4 shall submit three recommendations to the Governor. After the initial terms, each entity shall submit two recommendations to the Governor.
6. The member appointed by the State Fire Marshal shall serve as Secretary to the Committee and is a nonvoting member of the Committee.
7. The members of the Committee shall select a Chair from among their membership.
8. After the initial terms, the term of each appointed member of the Committee is 2 years.
9. A vacancy in the Committee must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
10. Each member of the Committee is entitled to receive from the State Fire Marshal Division of the Department of Public Safety the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally for each day or portion of a day during which the member attends a meeting of the Committee or is otherwise engaged in the work of the Committee.
11. The State Fire Marshal Division shall provide the Committee with administrative support.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 820; A 2001, 2629)