Oklahoma § 74-325.2 - Incident Command Site Task Force

§ 74-325.2. Incident Command Site Task Force

A. There is hereby created, to continue until September 1,

2008, the “Incident Command Site Task Force”.

B. The Task Force shall consist of fifteen (15) members:

1. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

a.

one member from the Oklahoma Office of Homeland

Security,

b.

one member from the Oklahoma State Firefighters

Association, and

c.

one member who is a rural fire coordinator with

incident command experience;

2. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives as follows:

a.

one member who is a firefighter with the rank of

officer from a rural area, and

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b.

one member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;

3. Two members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the State Senate as follows:

a.

one member who is a firefighter with the rank of

officer from an urban area, and

b.

one member of the State Senate;

4. The State Fire Marshal, or a designee;

5. The State Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education, or a designee;

6. The Director of Oklahoma State University Fire Service

Training, or a designee;

7. The Chair of the Oklahoma Council on Firefighter Training,

or a designee;

8. The Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry, or a designee;

9. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency

Management, or a designee;

10. The Commissioner of Public Safety, or a designee; and

11. The Director of the International Fire Service Training

Association, or a designee.

C. The appointed member from the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the appointed member from the State Senate shall

serve as cochairs of the Task Force. The cochairs shall convene the

first meeting of the Task Force. The members of the Task Force

shall elect any other officers during the first meeting and upon a

vacancy in any office. The Task Force shall meet as often as

necessary.

D. Appointments to the Task Force shall be made by August 1,

2007.

E. A majority of the members of the Task Force shall constitute

a quorum. A majority of the members present at a meeting may act

for the Task Force.

F. Nonlegislative members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed

by their respective agencies for necessary travel expenses incurred

in the performance of duties pursuant to the provisions of the State

Travel Reimbursement Act. Legislative members of the Task Force

shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the

performance of duties in accordance with the provisions of Section

456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. Administrative support for the Task Force including, but not

limited to, personnel necessary to ensure the proper performance of

the duties and responsibilities of the Task Force shall be provided

by the Office of the State Fire Marshal to be supplemented, if

necessary, by the state agencies involved in the Task Force.

H. The Task Force shall study and make recommendations of

appropriate incident command systems including, but not limited to,

unified command for managing multidiscipline and multijurisdictional

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fire incidents occurring in this state. Recommendations shall be

consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

I. The Task Force shall publish a report of findings and

recommendations by September 1, 2008, including recommendations for

any resulting legislation.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 175, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.