New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle F - Local Government
Chapter III - Fire Safety
Part 215 - Training stipends for volunteer firefighters
Section 215.3 - State Fire Training Stipends
Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 215.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Firefighter Eligibility. A State Fire Training Stipend will only be provided to a Volunteer Firefighter who is a Member in Good Standing of their Fire Department.
(b) Fire Department Eligibility. Applications for a State Fire Training Stipend will only be accepted from Fire Departments that:
(1)
Submitted Fire Department incident data through the Fire Reporting System, as
required by General Municipal Law section 204-d, for the prior reporting
year.
(2) Submit Fire Department
demographics to OFPC annually, using a form published by OFPC, to include the
following information:
(i) fire station
addresses, including substations;
(ii) number of interior
firefighters;
(iii) number of
exterior firefighters;
(iv) name
and contact information of Fire Chief or equivalent; and
(v) name and contact information of
assistant/deputy chiefs or equivalent Fire Chief successor positions.
(c) Stipend Conditions and Requirements.
(1) A State Fire Training
Stipend may only be awarded to individuals the first time they complete a
qualifying course.
(2) An
individual does not qualify for a State Fire Training Stipend if they repeat a
course or take a course equivalent to a course for which they have already
received a State Fire Training Stipend.
(3) Any Volunteer Firefighter that receives a
Local Fire Training Stipend cannot receive a State Fire Training Stipend for
the same or equivalent course.
(4)
The qualifying course must have been completed on or after August 31,
2023.
(5) State Fire Training
Stipend awards will be prioritized based on the date OFPC received a complete
application, as determined by OFPC.
(6) All course equivalents must be reviewed
and approved through OFPC's equivalency process prior to submission of a
stipend application.
(7) Submitting
an application does not create a right or entitlement to the receipt of a State
Fire Training Stipend.
(8) An award
of State Fire Training Stipend is subject to the availability of allocated
funds.
(d) Qualifying Courses and Stipend Amounts.
(1) Basic
Exterior Firefighting Operations with Hazardous Material First Responder
Operations course or equivalent: in an amount to be determined by OFPC, up to
$750.
(2) Self-Contained Breathing
Apparatus with Interior Firefighting Operations course or equivalent: in an
amount to be determined by OFPC, up to $1,250.
(3) Fire Officer I course or completion of
the five modules of the Fire Officer I program including Company Training and
Community Risk Reduction, Firefighter Health and Safety, Leadership and
Supervision, Planning and Emergency Response, and Fireground Strategies and
Tactics for First Arriving Companies or equivalent: in an amount to be
determined by OFPC, up to $1,000.
(4) Any additional State Fire Training Course
identified and published by OFPC: in an amount to be determined by OFPC, up to
$500.
(e) Process.
(1) Applications for a State Fire Training
Stipend must be submitted by the Volunteer Firefighter's Fire Department to
OFPC and must include, but are not limited to, the following components:
(i) signed statement from the Fire Chief of
the Fire Department, or their designee, that:
(a) the Volunteer Firefighter is an active
firefighter and Member in Good Standing;
(b) the Volunteer Firefighter was authorized
by the Fire Department to take the course; and
(c) the Volunteer Firefighter successfully
completed the course;
(ii) a Substitute W-9 form, if not already
submitted during course registration.
(2) Applications must be submitted using the
form published by OFPC.
(3)
Application packets must be submitted through email to
OFPC-Stipend@dhses.ny.gov.
(4) Upon
receipt and verification of a complete application, OFPC will process the
stipend payment directly to the Volunteer Firefighter, subject to the
requirements of this Part and the availability of funds.
(f) In the event a Fire Department has not submitted an application for a State Training Stipend to OFPC within one year after completion of a qualifying course and any local requirements, the Authority Having Jurisdiction may submit an application and signed statement on behalf of a Volunteer Firefighter, subject to and in compliance with the eligibility, conditions, and process requirements listed in this section.
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