Section 25-7-2. Creation; purposes

   There is created the Georgia Fire Academy, the purposes of which shall be, through training and research:

   (1) To reduce the costs in suffering and property loss resulting from fire;

   (2) To provide professional training to paid, volunteer, and other publicly or privately employed firefighters at a minimal cost to them and their employers;

   (3) To assist the state and its counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions and the officers thereof in the investigation and determination of the causes of fires;

   (4) To develop new methods of fire prevention and fire fighting;

   (5) To provide facilities for testing fire-fighting and prevention equipment; and

   (6) To assist the state and its counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions in the training and operations of fire department-related emergency medical services and rescue services.

Ga. L. 1976, p. 1725, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 660, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1259, § 11.