§70-3401.2. Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training.
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A. The purpose of Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training (OSU FST) shall be to develop, deliver, support and evaluate training, education and professional certification programs for fire service in this state to ensure emergency responders may safely and successfully perform their duties.
B. OSU FST shall:
1. Deliver and support training and education programs for fire service and other emergency responders in this state to meet local and state needs by:
a. collaborating with technology center schools and other
training providers to ensure training, training
support and support of certification testing are
readily available to all areas of the state to
accomplish the State Fire Marshal Commission annual
state training plan and regional training plans which
are voluntarily developed and adopted, and
b.
collaborating with technology center schools and other
training providers to develop and maintain a database
of available instructors to teach fire and emergency
responder topics. The database shall be maintained on
the OSU FST website and made available to other
training providers;
2. Collaborate with the State Fire Marshal Commission on efforts which shall include, but not be limited to, participation in the activities of the State Fire Marshal Commission training task force and initiatives intended to accomplish the State Fire Marshal Commission firefighter training goals and the state-specific standards certification program;
3. Develop or adopt and disseminate curriculum and instructional materials to fire departments and training providers consistent with state and federal statutory requirements for classes, courses and programs for delivery to fire service in this state, with every effort being made to provide the curriculum and materials at minimal or no cost. Unless required by state or federal regulations, selection, adoption and/or use of the OSU-FST- disseminated curriculum and training materials or instructors shall be at the discretion of each training provider or local fire department;
4. Maintain and make available by electronic means, in a manner consistent with state and federal regulations, to the State Fire Marshal Commission, fire chiefs, training officers and other agencies as required by law, as requested, all training and certification records of Oklahoma firefighters who participate in training sponsored by OSU FST or records provided to OSU FST by local fire departments or other training agencies. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to state and federal wild-land fire agencies;
5. Develop, administer and evaluate an accredited certification program available to all firefighters and other emergency responders based on National Fire Protection Association standards and/or state and federal standards. The program shall:
a. be accredited through the International Fire Service
Accreditation Congress and/or the National Board on
Fire Service Professional Qualifications at levels
deemed beneficial to fire service in this state,
b. provide for dissemination to recognized certification
partners and posting to the OSU FST's website a list
of qualified proctors and evaluators for use during
OSU FST certification events,
c. develop, as requested, special certifications based on
state-specific standards adopted by the State Fire
Marshal Commission or other state agencies that are
designed for emergency responders in this state, which
may not be accredited,
d. maintain certification records and disseminate
certifications of State-Fire-Marshal-Commission-
adopted or -approved Oklahoma state-specific
certifications. The certifications may be jointly
labeled as the State Fire Marshal Commission, OSU FST,
the Oklahoma Career and Technology Education System or
other State-Fire-Marshal-Commission-approved training
providers administering state-specific certifications,
e. ensure that the Oklahoma state-specific certifications
shall not duplicate certifications accredited by the
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress or
the National Board on Fire Service Professional
Qualifications, or titles of certification levels
listed in the National Fire Protection Association
professional qualifications standards, and
f. when requested by an Oklahoma fire department or state
agency, facilitate delivery of International Fire
Service Accreditation Congress and National Board on
Fire Service Professional Qualifications accredited
certification processes which are not currently
available through OSU FST; and
6. Fulfill any other statutory requirements set forth by the Legislature.
C. OSU FST shall be the Oklahoma state government representative to the United States Fire Administration's National Fire Academy and shall be responsible for delivering and disseminating training courses provided by, or made available through, the National Fire Academy.
D. Beginning September 15, 2014, and continuing on September 15 every following year, OSU FST shall submit an annual report regarding its programs, activity and accomplishments to the Chair of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, the President of Oklahoma State University and the Dean of the Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to divert funding from one entity to another. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, preclude or exempt an organization, agency or local department from delivery of training; development, adoption or dissemination of training curriculum or materials; participation in a State Fire Marshal Commission certification program based on an Oklahoma state-specific standard adopted or approved by the State Fire Marshal Commission; or issuance of a certificate of completion of training.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 232, § 5, eff. July 1, 2017.