(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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