Oklahoma § 70-3401.2 - Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training

§ 70-3401.2. Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training

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

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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-FSTdisseminated 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

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designed for emergency responders in this state, which

may not be accredited,

d.

maintain certification records and disseminate

certifications of State-Fire-Marshal-Commissionadopted 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.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

Added by Laws 2013, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

2017, c. 232, § 5, eff. July 1, 2017.

Amended by Laws