Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The Department
of Public Safety is a registered fire department. The division of fire and life
safety will register the following fire departments that meet the requirements
of (b) and (c) of this section:
(1) a fire
department that by municipal ordinance is authorized to perform its
duties;
(2) a fire department
outside a municipality that is authorized to perform its duties;
(3) an airport fire department;
(4) an airport fire response
service;
(5) an industrial fire
department;
(6) an industrial fire
brigade;
(7) a university or
college fire department.
(b) A fire department shall submit to the
division of fire and life safety a copy of the following documentation
indicating legal authority requirements for the following fire department
areas:
(1) if a fire department is in a
unified home rule municipality, home rule borough, first class borough, or
second class borough, the fire department shall submit a copy of an ordinance
from the municipality or borough;
(2) if the fire department is in an organized
borough or municipality, and is in an unincorporated area but has contracted
with the borough or municipality, the fire department shall submit a copy of
(A) the contract between the corporation and
the borough or municipality; and
(B) the fire department's bylaws;
(3) if the fire department is in
an organized borough and in a home rule city, first class city, or second class
city, the fire department shall submit a copy of
(A) an ordinance, resolution, or constitution
from the city; and
(B) the fire
department's bylaws;
(4)
if the fire department is in the unorganized borough and in a home rule city,
first class city, or second class city, the fire department shall submit a copy
of
(A) an ordinance, resolution, or
constitution from the city; and
(B)
the fire department's bylaws;
(5) if the fire department is in an organized
borough and in an unincorporated area, the fire department shall submit a copy
of
(A) an ordinance, resolution, or
constitution from the borough; and
(B) the fire department's bylaws;
(6) if the fire department is in
the unorganized borough and and in an unincorporated area, the fire department
shall submit a copy of
(A) a certificate of
incorporation from the division within the Department of Commerce, Community,
and Economic Development that oversees corporations, business, and professional
licensing; and professional licensing, or a constitution from a legal entity or
agency; for purposes of this subparagraph,
(i) a certificate of incorporation may
include a certificate from a corporation organized under 43 U.S.C. 1601 -
1629h
(Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), as provided in
AS
10.06.960, or from a nonprofit corporation
organized under AS 10.20;
(ii) a
legal entity or agency may be a community that governs through a constitution
rather than ordinances; and
(B) the fire department's bylaws;
(7) if the fire department is an
airport fire department or airport fire response service, the fire department
or fire response service shall submit a copy of the airport operating
certificate from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration;
(8) if the
fire department is an industrial fire department or an industrial fire brigade,
the fire department or fire brigade shall submit a copy of its organizational
statement that includes the emergency procedures.
(c) A registered fire department must have
operating procedures that
(1) define the
boundaries of the area to be served;
(2) provide for the appointment of a single
fire chief of the department;
(3)
provide for programs of pre-fire planning surveys, training, and fire safety
and bum prevention education;
(4)
provide for the investigation and determination of the cause of each fire
occurring within the boundaries and comply with fire reporting requirements
required by the state fire marshal under
13 AAC 52.020(a) and (d);
(5) provide for regular meetings of fire
department personnel for business and training purposes;
(6) provide for a program of code enforcement
if authority has been granted by the local governing body;
(7) provide a list of current department
personnel and their rank; and
(8)
provide for the appointment of a public fire and life safety educator, fire
investigator, and Alaska National Fire Incident Reporting System (ANFIRS)
manager.
(d) In order to
maintain its registration, a fire department registered with the state fire
marshal must submit to the state fire marshal, no later than January 31 of each
year, on a form provided by the state fire marshal, a report that provides the
following information about the previous calendar year:
(1) a summary of the fire department's
activities;
(2) a summary of course
or fire training received by the department's firefighters;
(3) the number and description of public fire
safety and bum prevention education programs conducted in the
community;
(4) a summary of the
general condition of the department;
(5) a list of the department personnel, their
rank, and pay status;
(6) a list of
firefighting vehicles, special firefighting equipment, and emergency medical
services equipment controlled by the department;
(7) every five years, the department's legal
authority documentation and definition of the boundaries of the area to be
served, as required under (b) and (c)(1) of this section.
(e) The state fire marshal may register a
fire department that does not fall into a category listed in (a)(1) - (7) of
this section.
(f) If a registered
fire department does not make the report required under (d) of this section for
more than three years, the fire department's registration lapses. To
re-register, a fire department with a lapsed registration must re-submit to the
division of fire and life safety the documentation and operating procedures
information required under (b) and (c) of this section.
(g) The state fire marshal may suspend the
registration of a fire department that fails to submit a report required under
( c) of this section, fails to meet the requirements of
13 AAC 52.020, or fails to submit reasonable justification
for its failure to report.
Authority:AS
18.70.010
