Sec.7-323l-5a. Fire fighter I and II

(a) General

(1) A candidate for fire fighter I certification shall be an active member of a fire department or actively enrolled as a student in an approved course of study at a regional institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(2) A candidate for fire fighter II certification shall be a certified fire fighter I and shall:

(A) be an active member of a fire department; or

(B) be actively enrolled in an approved course of study at a regional accredited institution by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or

(C) document in writing that the candidate has been an active member of a fire department since prior to July 1, 1977.

(3) No person shall be certified to the level of fire fighter I or fire fighter II until all examination requirements of this standard for that level have been fulfilled.

(b) Objectives: The candidate for fire fighter I or fire fighter II certification shall comply with the performance objectives of NFPA 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications.

(c) The commission shall certify as a fire fighter I or fire fighter II those candidates who have satisfactorily demonstrated the ability to meet the requirements as prescribed in this section.

(Effective October 5, 2018)

Notation

Notes: The original publication contained a typographical error previously identified and corrected, but through a software error the change was never recorded. (October 26, 2018)