Sec. 4. Updating safety training programs and materials
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In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. The term firefighting personnel has the meaning given that term in section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229 ). The term State has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 ). The term State Fire Training Grant means a State Fire Training Grant issued by the National Fire Academy, as authorized under section 7(f) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2206(f) ).
The Administrator, in consultation and coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, and in consultation with the National Fire Protection Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the National Volunteer Fire Council, the National Association of State Fire Marshals, and other stakeholders, shall update safety training programs regarding electric vehicles, including related external components used for recharging, refueling, or replacing the power supply of electric vehicles, for firefighting personnel, other emergency response providers, and second responders based on the reports under section 3(c).
Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the consultation under paragraph (1). The Administrator, acting through the National Fire Academy, and in coordination with State fire academies, and other stakeholder organizations shall develop and implement a plan to— accelerate the availability of the safety training programs updated under subsection (b), including through the use of State Fire Training Grants, with an emphasis on train-the-trainer programs; and provide recurring training to ensure firefighting personnel, emergency medical services personnel, other emergency response providers, and second responders receive the training, including responders in both urban and rural geographic regions.
A State fire academy that receives a State Fire Training Grant shall— contact fire departments in the State to provide information about available safety training regarding electric vehicles when 1 or more commercial vehicle charging stations are installed within the jurisdiction of the fire department; and collect and submit to the Administrator data and annual statistics about the level of participation in safety training regarding electric vehicles in the State, including the percentage of career and volunteer firefighters and career and volunteer emergency medical services personnel in the State who completed electric vehicle safety training each year.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator, in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated (such as amounts authorized to be appropriated for State and local fire service training grants under section 7(f) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2206(f) )), $10,000,000 for grants to State fire academies under the State Fire Training Grants program for training and education purposes to provide safety training and reporting related to electric vehicles.
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