BILL NUMBER: AB 398	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Morrell

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to add Section 13159.2 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to fire protection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 398, as introduced, Morrell. State Fire Marshal: certification.

   Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to establish
recommended minimum standards for fire protection personnel at all
career levels. Under existing law, the Training Regulations of the
State Fire Marshal establish minimum standards for statewide training
and certification systems for the California fire service. Existing
law allows a state agency or an agency of a political subdivision
within the state to elect to be subject to those standards or to
petition for an alternative to those training and certification
standards.
   This bill would authorize the State Fire Marshal to accept
certification by the United States Department of Defense as a
firefighter as an alternative for the fire protection personnel
training and certification standards for the position of Firefighter
I established by the State Fire Marshal.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13159.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   13159.2.  The State Fire Marshal may accept certification by the
United States Department of Defense as a firefighter as an
alternative for the basic State Fire Marshal training and
certification standards for the position of Firefighter I of the
California Fire Service Training and Education Program.