(a)Aircraft rescue fire fighting personnel are employees
of a local governmental entity who are appointed to aircraft rescue
fire fighting [firefighting] duties. These duties
may include fighting aircraft fires at airports, standing by for potential
crash landings, and performing aircraft rescue and fire fighting duties.
(b)Personnel appointed to aircraft rescue fire
fighting duties [as Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel]
must be certified [to at least the basic level] by the commission
[Commission] within one year from the date
of their appointment [employment in an Aircraft
Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel position].
(c)Prior to being appointed to aircraft rescue fire
fighting [suppression] duties, all personnel must:
(1)successfully complete a commission approved [
Commission-approved] basic structure fire protection
program [suppression course] and pass the commission's
[Commission's] examination [pertaining to that
curriculum]; and
(2)successfully complete a commission approved [
Commission-approved] basic aircraft rescue fire fighting
program [protection course] and pass the commission's
[Commission's] examination [pertaining to that
curriculum].
(d)"Stand by" means the act of responding to a designated
position in the movement area on the airfield at which initial response
fire and rescue units will await the arrival of an aircraft experiencing
an announced emergency.
(e)"Movement area" is comprised of all runways, taxiways,
and other areas of the airport which are used for taxiing or hover
taxiing, take-off, and landing of aircraft, exclusive of loading ramps
and aircraft parking areas.
(f)Personnel holding any level of aircraft rescue
fire fighting personnel certification shall be required to comply
with the continuing education specified in Chapter 441 [§441.9
] of this title (relating to Continuing Education [for
Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Personnel]).
(g)Aircraft rescue fire fighting personnel that perform
structure fire protection [fighting] duties
must be certified, as a minimum, as basic structure [structural
] fire protection personnel.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the
Secretary of State on August 7, 2017
TRD-201702966 Tim Rutland
Executive Director
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
Earliest possible date of adoption: September 17, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3812
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