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Firefighting commission rewrites rules, removes CPR requirement from incentive-pay eligibility; committee advances package
Summary
The Firefighting Commission rewrote its rules to modernize standards and simplify participation in the volunteer education-incentive-pay program; the commission removed a CPR requirement from the incentive eligibility criteria, prompting debate but the committee approved the rewrite.
The Government Operations Committee advanced a broad rewrite of the firefighting rules that the state Firefighting Commission said codifies modern industry standards and simplifies participation in the education-incentive-pay program for volunteer and paid firefighters.
Mike Bell, assistant commissioner for the Division of Fire Prevention, said the package rewrites the rules to "align standards with modern industry practices, make the language and requirements easier to…
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