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| | | An Act To Revise the Minimum Firefighter Safety Standards |
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| | | Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units | | of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate | | additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide | | funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to the | | Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the | | members elected to each House have determined it necessary to | | enact this measure. |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §2101, sub-§§3 and 4 are enacted to read: |
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| | | 3.__Education.__"Education" means the process of imparting | | knowledge or skill through systematic instruction, but not | | necessarily formal classroom instruction. |
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| | | 4.__Training.__"Training"__means the process of making a | | firefighter proficient through instruction and hands-on practice | | in the operation of equipment, including respiratory protection | | equipment, that is expected to be used in the performance of the | | firefighter's assigned duties. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §2102, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 1, §25, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §2102. Firefighter training and education |
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