What's happening
This bill expands fire training reporting requirements, mandating more detailed data and public posting on the state website each year.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and accountability. by requiring the annual fire training report to break down data not just by county, but also by individual firefighter, including total hours allocated and types of training received.
Enables public and departmental scrutiny. by mandating the online posting of the full training report, making it accessible on the state’s official website for anyone to review.
Supports safety and preparedness. by requiring identification of firefighters qualified for interior firefighting—vital information for emergency planning and resource allocation.
May influence funding and policy decisions. by providing detailed, standardized data on unmet training needs and actual training delivered, potentially highlighting gaps or disparities across departments and regions.
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Report Firefighter Training Data
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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Require Fire Training Reports Online
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Fredrick J. Akshar II
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8018
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reporting by the office of fire prevention and control
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 156 of the executive law, as added by chapter 615 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
17. Issue a written report to the governor and legislature, on or before February fifteenth of each year, on firefighter training activities. Such report shall include at least the following information: the minimum training hours allocated on a county-by-county basis, the training hours requested by each county, any unfulfilled training hour requests, [and] the number of hours used by each county on a county-bycounty basis, and a statewide total of the number of hours allocated to each firefighter. Such report shall also identify the fire department or district providing the training including the number of hours of training and the type of training for each firefighter. In addition, such report shall also list the names of those firefighters qualified to do interior firefighting. The written report shall be prominently posted on the division of homeland security and emergency services website no later March first of each year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11400-01-7
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