Minnesota Firefighters Serve On The Following

Boards Appointed By The Governor and Commissioners

• Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board
• Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
• Fire Protection Advisory Council
• Governor's Council on Fire Prevention and Control
• Firefighter Training and Education Board
• DPS Commissioner’s Fire Service Advisory Committee

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FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

1. Five (5) members representing the Minnesota Fire Department Association Four of whom are volunteer firefighters and One of whom is a career firefighter;
2. Two (2) members representing the State Fire Chiefs Association One of whom is a volunteer fire chief;
3. Two (2) members representing the Minnesota Professional Firefighters Assn
4. Two (2) members representing Minnesota home rule charter and Statutory cities;
5. Two (2) members representing Minnesota towns;
6. One (1) public member.

• contract for technical or professional services according to section 15.061;
• pay expenses necessary to carry out its duties;
• apply for, receive, and accept grants, gifts, devises, and endowments that any entity may make to the board for the purposes of this chapter and may use any money given to it consistent with the terms and conditions under which the money was received and for the purposes stated;
• make recommendations to the legislature to improve the quality of firefighter training;
  
• collect and provide data, subject to section 13.01;
  
• conduct studies and surveys and make reports;
• and conduct other activities necessary to carry out its duties.

• Five members representing the Minnesota State Fire Department Association, four of whom are volunteer firefighters and one of whom is a career firefighter;
• two members representing the State Fire Chiefs Association, one of whom is a volunteer fire chief;
• two members representing the Minnesota Professional Firefighters Association;
• two members representing Minnesota Home Rule Charter and Statutory Cities;
• two members representing Minnesota towns; and
• one public member.

DPS Commissioner’s

Fire Service Advisory Committee

Sub. 2. Fire Service Advisory Committee. The Fire Service Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations to the commissioner of public safety on fire service related issues and shall consist of representatives of each of the following organizations: two appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, two appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association, two appointed by the president of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, two appoint by the president of the League of Minnesota Cities, one appointed by the president of the Minnesota Association of Townships, one appointed by the president of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota, one appointed jointly by the presidents of the Minnesota Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators and the Fire Marshals Association of Minnesota, and the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee. The commissioner of Public Safety must ensure that at least three of the members of the advisory committee work and reside in counties outside of the seven-county metropolitan area. The committee shall provide funding recommendations to the commissioner of public safety from the fire safety fund for the following purposes:

1. for the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education;
2. for programs and staffing for the State Fire Marshal Division; and
3. for fire-related regional response team programs and any other fire service programs that have the potential for statewide impact.

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