S6436-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to training of fire officers in NYC

Requires fire officers in New York City to receive at least forty hours of field training and classroom instruction in the fire code of such city and at least forty hours of field training and classroom instruction in the building and construction codes and local ordinances of such city.

Sponsor: GOLDEN
Law Section: General Municipal Law / Law: Add S209-ff, Gen Muni L

S6436-2011 Actions

Jun 21, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A9367A
May 7, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May 2, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
May 1, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.689
Feb 9, 2012: REFERRED TO CITIES

S6436-2011 Meetings

Cities: May 1, 2012

S6436-2011 Calendars

S6436-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Cities - May 1, 2012

Ayes (5): Lanza, Grisanti, Robach, Avella, Oppenheimer
Ayes W/R (1): DeFrancisco

S6436-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6436                REVISED 05/01/12

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to training of
fire officers in cities of one million or more

PURPOSE:
Adds a new section 209-ff to the general municipal law, requiring train-
ing of NYC fire officers in changes to building and construction codes
and local ordinances in NYC.

JUSTIFICATION:
New fire and building codes took effect in NYC on July 1, 2008. Since
then there has not been any significant effort to train fire officers in
the numerous changes to the codes. This legislation would require a
minimum of 40 hours of field training and 40 hours of classroom instruc-
tion to be completed no later than July 1, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010  S.6784/A.9885 Passed Both Houses
2010  Vetoed Memo 6824

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6436-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          6436
 I N  SENATE
 February 9, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  training  of
 fire officers in cities of one million or more
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.   The general municipal law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 209-ff to read as follows:

 

S  209-FF. TRAINING OF FIRE OFFICERS. IN ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SUCH CITY,  IN  COORDINATION
 WITH  THE  BUILDING  DEPARTMENT  OF  SUCH CITY, SHALL NO LATER THAN JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, PROVIDE TO ALL FIRE OFFICERS OF SUCH  CITY
 AT  LEAST FORTY HOURS OF FIELD TRAINING AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN THE
 FIRE CODE OF SUCH CITY AND AT LEAST FORTY HOURS OF  FIELD  TRAINING  AND
 CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LOCAL
 ORDINANCES OF SUCH CITY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE  INSPECTION  DUTIES  OF
 FIRE  OFFICERS  AND  ANY PERTINENT CHANGES IN SUCH DUTIES RESULTING FROM
 THE ENACTMENT OF, OR ANY AMENDMENT TO ANY OF SUCH CODES THAT TOOK EFFECT
 ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14218-01-2

S6436-2011: Relates to training of fire officers in NYC