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Firefighting Commission debates training standards, course approvals and textbook choices
Summary
At a Feb. 3 work session, the Firefighting Commission confronted conflicts between rule chapters and NFPA standards over which classes qualify candidates to test for Firefighter 1, warned that inconsistent approvals risk accreditation, and advanced a subcommittee recommendation on textbooks to be voted on at the next meeting.
The Firefighting Commission opened its Feb. 3 work session in Jackson with a broad review of training and certification practices, centering on whether short ‘‘16/64’’ live‑burn programs satisfy prerequisites for Firefighter 1 testing and how the commission should reconcile differences between chapter 2 and chapter 3 of its rules.
Commission staff and members flagged a large group of legacy certifications and gaps in documentation. "We found 3,364 firefighters in the state that received their Firefighter 1 and 2 under the NFPA 1001 1997 addition that do not have hazard‑materials awareness or operations recorded," Speaker 2 said, adding that staff will upload a validated memo to the Cadence personnel system so affected members can access proof while staff review course correlations.
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