Code of Colorado Regulations
1507 - Department of Public Safety
1507 - Division of Fire Prevention and Control
8 CCR 1507-3 - FIREFIGHTER AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONDERS VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Section 3 - DEFINITIONS

3.1 ADVISORY BOARD (BOARD)- The Colorado Fire Service Training and Certification Advisory Board created pursuant to 24-33.5-1204. Also refers to the members appointed by the Governor to serve on the Advisory Board for prescribed terms.

3.2 AERIAL LADDER APPARATUS- A piece of fire apparatus with a permanently mounted, power operated elevating device, including aerial ladders aerial ladder platforms, telescoping aerial platforms, articulation aerial platforms, and elevating water delivery systems.

3.3 APPLICANT- A person who has satisfied the requirements to be examined for certification or an entity that applies for recognition as an accredited academy.

3.4 CERTIFIED- Applicants who have successfully met or exceeded cognitive and psychomotor behavioral objectives of the Voluntary Certification Program.

3.5 CERTIFIED PROCTOR- An individual who meets or exceeds the requirements to be certified as a written and/or practical examination proctor.

3.6 CERTIFYING AGENCY- The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Colorado Department of Public Safety.

3.7 CHIEF LEVEL OFFICER RANK- Chief or chief executive officer of the department; or Chief officer or equivalent who heads a major bureau or division within a fire department or organization; or Chief officer or equivalent who commands multi-company or multi-station operations on the emergency incident scene or who may command a greater alarm incident.

3.8 CLASS- A single meeting or session devoted to a specific fire service or non-fire service training objective.

3.9 COGNITIVE OBJECTIVE- Pertinent written questions, lists, or problems relative to the level at which a person is being tested.

3.10 COMPETENCE- Possessing knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform indicated objectives satisfactorily.

3.11 CONTINUING EDUCATION- An instructional program that brings participants' knowledge, skills and abilities up to date when renewing a certification.

3.12 COURSE- Any grouping of classes, or series of lessons or lectures combined to attain a particular education level or training objective.

3.13 DEMONSTRATE- To show by actual use. This may be supplemented by or, when actual use is not feasible, replaced by simulation, explanation, illustration, or a combination of these methods.

3.14 DEPARTMENT- A fire service unit defined in this section.

3.15 DEPARTMENT HEAD- The chief executive officer of an organization.

3.16 DIRECTOR- The Director of the Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Department of Public Safety, State of Colorado.

3.17 DIVISION- The Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Department of Public Safety, State of Colorado.

3.18 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION- Any organization, public or private whose services include the rescue response, fire suppression, fire prevention activities and or hazardous materials response.

3.19 EMPLOYEE- Anyone who may respond to an emergency incident, either career or volunteer, representing the fire service, law enforcement, search and rescue groups, emergency medical services or industry, and governmental agencies.

3.20 EPA- The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

3.21 FIREFIGHTER- A member of a fire department unit.

3.22 FIRE DEPARTMENT UNIT- An organization providing rescue, fire suppression, hazardous materials response, and related activities. The term "Fire Department" shall include any public, governmental, private, industrial, or military organization engaging in this type of activity.

3.23 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS- For the purpose of these Rules, hazardous material means those substances that, upon release, have the potential of causing harm to people, property, or the environment. This definition includes hazardous materials, hazardous substances and hazardous wastes.

3.24 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT- A fire involving a hazardous materials, or a release or potential release of a hazardous material that, in the judgment of an emergency response authority, threatens sudden and irreparable harm to the environment or the health and safety of any individual, including those incidents of spilling, dumping or abandonment of a hazardous material, whether or not such spilling, dumping, or abandonment is found to threaten harm, but does not include any discharge of a hazardous materials authorized pursuant to any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

3.25 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM- An organized group of hazardous materials technicians that responds to hazardous materials incidents, including those involving the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). At the discretion of the team leader, personnel trained in hazardous materials operations may also augment the Hazardous Materials Response Team in the performance of low-risk tasks that do not bring them into contact with hazardous materials or substances, such as decontamination.

3.26 JOB PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT (JPR)- Actual use or performance, safely and efficiently accomplished and in accordance with procedures and standards established for the Voluntary Certification Program.

3.27 NATIONAL ACCREDITATION- Issued to a candidate who has met all of the requirements of the NFPA Standards, and has taken an passed both the written and practical examinations, when required, for an accredited level of certification that meets the requirements of the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) and the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications (The ProBoard).

3.28 NFPA- The National Fire Protection Association.

3.29 NON-ACCREDITED- Certification not officially recognized as meeting the requirements of the NFPA Standards.

3.30 NON-CERTIFIED- Any applicant who does not possess a valid certification recognized by the Board.

3.31 OSHA- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

3.32 POLICIES- Formal guidelines promulgated by the Division and/or the Advisory Board concerning the methods, procedures and processes for implementing these rules and administering the certification program.

3.33 PSYCHOMOTOR OBJECTIVE- Actual use or performance, safely and efficiently accomplished within a specified time limit and in accordance with procedures and standards established for National Accreditation of Firefighters and meets the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association Standards as its basis.

3.34 REFRESHER TRAINING- A course of instruction, condensed over a short period of time, designed to provide training to persons for the purpose of preparing them for renewal of certification.

3.35 SAFELY- Means to perform the objective without endangering or injuring oneself or others.