(a) There is created in the Department of Public Safety the Alaska Fire Standards Council.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.70.330
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The council consists of the following persons:
(1) Two chief administrative officers or fire chiefs; only one person appointed under this paragraph may be from a fire department that consists entirely of paid employees;(2) the state fire marshal or a designee of the state fire marshal;(3) four representatives of firefighters, including at least one member of the Alaska State Firefighters Association nominated under (c) of this section and at least one member of the Alaska Professional Fire Fighters Association nominated under (c) of this section; a person appointed under this paragraph may not, while serving on the council, be a fire chief;(4) two volunteer firefighters, one from a community with a population of 2,500 or less and one from a community with a population greater than 2,500; and(5) two members of the public at large with at least one member from a community with a population of 2,500 or less;(6) one member of the Alaska Fire Chiefs Association nominated under (c) of this section.(c) The governor shall appoint members of each association named in (b) of this section from a list of at least three nominees submitted by each association. The governor may reject a list submitted under this subsection and request that another list be submitted.
