Michigan Laws 28.653 – Duties of board
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The board shall:
(a) Submit rules for public hearing within 2 years after the effective date of section 7 which set forth a method of evaluating fire service delivery systems and establish a fire service classification scale. The fire service classification scale may include the following factors:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 28.653
- Board: means the municipal fire service classification board created by section 2. See Michigan Laws 28.651
- Fire service classification scale: means the criteria by which a fire service delivery system is evaluated. See Michigan Laws 28.651
- Municipality: means a city, village, township, or county. See Michigan Laws 28.651
- Organized fire department: means an organization or department which provides a fire service delivery system within a municipality and is a fire department of a municipality or is a fire service delivery system designated by a municipality pursuant to a contract with that municipality. See Michigan Laws 28.651
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(i) Available water supply.
(ii) Fire prevention programs and activities.
(iii) Organized fire department administration.
(iv) Fire fighting equipment and apparatus.
(v) Organized fire department training.
(vi) Fire losses.
(vii) Fire prevention code and fire prevention code enforcement.
(viii) Fire incident reporting and fire investigation.
(ix) Fire alarm systems.
(x) Building construction code and building construction code enforcement.
(xi) Communications.
(xii) Personnel.
(xiii) Mutual aid.
(xiv) Fire suppression systems.
(xv) Other fire service delivery technology.
(b) Review any other fire service classification scale upon written request by a municipality.
(c) At least annually, present to the legislature and the commissioner of insurance a report of the board’s activities and recommendations under this act.
(d) Develop a system within 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory act which will enable the board to evaluate the extent of compliance with Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being section 29.1 to 29.25 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, of each building inspected under Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended. The state fire marshal shall provide the board with current inspection results to assist the board in the development of this system.