Colorado § 24-33.5-1204 - Voluntary education and training program - voluntary certification of firefighters and hazardous materials responders - advisory board.

§ 24-33.5-1204. Voluntary education and training program - voluntary certification of firefighters and hazardous materials responders - advisory board.

(1) For the purposes of advising the director on the administration of the voluntary fire service education and training program within the division of fire prevention and control, the local firefighter safety and disease prevention grant program created in section 24-33.5-1231, and the voluntary firefighter and hazardous materials responder certification programs, there is hereby created in the division of fire prevention and control the fire service training and certification advisory board to serve as an advisory board to the director.

(2) (a) The advisory board consists of fourteen members, eleven of whom are voting members appointed by the governor as follows:

(I) Four of the eleven members appointed by the governor shall represent each of the following organizations:

(A) Colorado state fire fighters association;

(B) Colorado state fire chiefs association;

(C) Colorado fire training officers association; and

(D) Colorado professional fire fighters association;

(II) The other seven members appointed by the governor are:

(A) A fire chief or training officer from a volunteer fire department participating in the certification program;

(B) A fire chief or training officer from a career fire department participating in the certification program;

(C) A representative of the property and casualty insurance industry;

(D) A hazardous materials responder team leader;

(E) A person experienced in the transportation industry;

(F) A representative of local law enforcement; and

(G) A representative of a fixed facility dealing with hazardous materials.

(b) The remaining three ex officio nonvoting members are the following persons or their designees:

(I) The president of the Colorado community college and occupational education system;

(II) The chief of the emergency medical and trauma services section within the health facilities and emergency medical services division in the department of public health and environment; and

(III) The chief of the state patrol.

(c) The eleven advisory board members appointed by the governor shall be geographically apportioned, and at least one of those members must have wildland fire expertise.

(d) At least three members of the advisory board shall be from a community or communities with a resident population of fifteen thousand persons or less.

(e) Members appointed by the governor serve for terms of four years; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than six members' terms expire in the same year. If any appointee vacates the office during the term for which the appointee was appointed to the advisory board, the governor shall, by appointment, fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The advisory board shall annually elect from its members a chair and a secretary.

(3) The advisory board shall meet as determined necessary by the chairperson or the director. The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties. The expenses shall be paid from the firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and certification fund created in section 24-33.5-1207.

Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 959, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 685, § 2, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 829, § 2, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 1004, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section RC&RE, p. 557, § 2, effective April 30. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 330, § 1, effective April 15. L. 2009: (2)(c) amended, (SB 09-109), ch. 144, p. 608, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (SB 11-251), ch. 240, p. 1046, § 10, effective June 30. L. 2012: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1108, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2013: (3) amended, (SB 13-083), ch. 249, p. 1309, § 11, effective May 23. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-046), ch. 210, p. 786, § 3, effective May 15. L. 2016: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 16-1034), ch. 324, p. 1316, § 6, effective August 10. L. 2022: (2)(e) amended, (SB 22-013), ch. 2, p. 49, § 62, effective February 25. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-300), ch. 428, p. 2450, § 34, effective August 6.

Editor's note: Prior to the recreation and reenactment of this section, section 24-33.5-1209 provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1992. (See L. 87, p. 1006.)

Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending subsections (1) and (2), see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.

(2) In 2013, subsection (3) was amended by the "Colorado Prescribed Burning Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 249, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.