Michigan Laws 29.370 – Statement designating chief or director of fire department or public safety department; contact information; filing statement of change; digital video disc or other electronic form of video displ
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.370
- Certification: means either of the following:
(i) A determination by the state fire marshal that a person meets the certification requirements for a position within the fire service, as established by the council under this act. See Michigan Laws 29.362Council: means the firefighters training council created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 29.362 Fire service: means the engaging in the directing or management of emergency response activities, fire safety prevention inspection, plans examination, fire investigation, hazardous material response, technical rescue response, airport rescue response, airport rescue firefighting, fire service instruction, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state and the communities therein by fire service members and organized fire departments and public safety departments. See Michigan Laws 29.362 in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q Organized fire department: means that term as defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29. See Michigan Laws 29.362 Public safety department: means a department of a political subdivision providing both law enforcement and fire services either separately or utilizing a combined response force with personnel trained and certified as both firefighters under this act and law enforcement officers under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 29.362
(1) Each organized fire department or public safety department or local government clerk shall file a statement with the council designating the chief or director of the department and providing contact information for the organized fire department or public safety department. If the department chief or director changes, the organized fire department or public safety department shall notify the council in writing by filing a statement of the change not more than 7 days after the change.
(2) The council shall develop and provide to each organized fire department or public safety department, upon request of the organized fire department or public safety department and at no charge, a digital video disc or other electronic form of video display to be used in training firefighters. The digital video disc or other electronic form of video display must be based upon the council-approved training programs. The council may impose a reasonable fee for loss, damage, or late return of a digital video disc or other electronic form of video display provided to an organized fire department or public safety department under this section. The council shall have available not fewer than 2 copies of each digital video disc or other electronic form of video display for an organized fire department’s or public safety department’s use.
(3) The council shall make recommendations with respect to both of the following:
(a) The category or classification of advanced in-service training programs for all fire service disciplines and minimum courses of study and attendance requirements for the category or classification needed for certification under this act.
(b) The standards required under this act for certification in each of the fire service disciplines.