Section 25-4-7. Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council -- Functions and powers

   The council is vested with the following functions and powers:

   (1) To promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of the council;

   (2) To provide rules of procedure for its internal management and control;

   (3) To enter into contracts or do such things as may be necessary and incidental to the administration of its authority pursuant to this chapter;

   (4) To establish uniform minimum standards for the employment and training of full-time, part-time, or volunteer firefighters, airport firefighters, fire and life safety educators, fire inspectors, and fire investigators, including qualifications, certifications, recertifications, decertifications, and probations for certified individuals and suspensions for noncertified individuals, and requirements, which are consistent with this chapter;

   (5) To establish minimum curriculum requirements for schools operated by or for any employing agency for the specific purpose of training firefighter recruits or full-time, part-time, or volunteer firefighters, airport firefighters, fire and life safety educators, fire inspectors, and fire investigators;

   (6) To approve institutions and facilities for school operation by or for any employing agency for the specific purpose of training firefighters and firefighter recruits, including airport firefighters;

   (7) To make or support studies on any aspect of fire-fighting education and training or recruitment;

   (8) To make recommendations concerning any matter within its purview;

   (9) To establish basic firefighter training requirements for full-time, part-time, and volunteer firefighters, including airport firefighters;

   (10) To certify any person satisfactorily complying with the training program established in accordance with paragraph (9) of this Code section and the qualifications for employment covered in this chapter; and

   (11) To issue a certificate to any person who has received training in another state or who has received training as a federal firefighter by the United States government, when the council has determined that the training was at least equivalent to that required by the council for approved firefighter education and training programs in this state and when the person has satisfactorily complied with all other requirements of this chapter.

Ga. L. 1971, p. 693, § 6; Ga. L. 2003, p. 888, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 619, § 2/SB 308; Ga. L. 2008, p. 243, § 4/SB 414.