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Commissioners debate age, live-fire and reciprocity rules as high-school programs seek certification credit
Summary
At the Feb. 3 work session commissioners and staff discussed whether certification rules requiring applicants to be 18 and the 16/64 live-burn requirements are appropriately interpreted for high-school fire programs and volunteer departments.
Commissioners and staff at the Feb. 3 Tennessee Fire Commission work session debated how certification rules apply to high-school fire programs, live-fire verification and cross-jurisdiction reciprocity.
Training officers and commissioners described practical cases in which high-school seniors complete classroom and practical training but cannot be issued commission certification because the examination chapter currently states applicants must be at least 18. Commissioners said the age requirement appears in the Education Incentive/VEIP rules but not uniformly across other chapters, and they directed staff to reconcile that discrepancy.
The commission also discussed the live-fire verification requirement commonly expressed as…
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