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TITLE 37 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 13TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 423FIRE SUPPRESSION
SUBCHAPTER CMINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MARINE FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL
RULE §423.301Minimum Standards for Marine Fire Protection Personnel
ISSUE 08/18/2017
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)Marine fire protection personnel are employees of a local governmental entity who work aboard a fire boat with a minimum pumping capacity of 2,000 gallons per minute, and fight fires that occur on or adjacent to a waterway, waterfront, channel, or turning basin.

(b)Fire protection personnel [of any local government entity, who are] appointed to marine fire protection duties[,] must be certified by the commission [ Commission] within one year from the date of their appointment [in a marine fire protection personnel position].

(c)Prior to being appointed to marine fire protection [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 marine fire protection program [ suppression course] and pass the commission's [Commission's ] examination [pertaining to that curriculum].

(d)Personnel holding any level of Marine Fire Protection Personnel certification shall be required to comply with the continuing education specified in Chapter 441 [ §441.11] of this title (relating to Continuing Education [for Marine 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-201702967

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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