Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1404
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/19/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Powell) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (178232) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 517 and 518
    5  insert:
    6         Section 12. Section 633.136, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         633.136 Fire and Emergency Incident Information Reporting
    9  Program; duties; fire reports.—
   10         (1)(a) The Fire and Emergency Incident Information
   11  Reporting Program is created within the division. The program
   12  shall:
   13         1. Establish and maintain an electronic communication
   14  system capable of transmitting fire and emergency incident
   15  information to and between fire service providers protection
   16  agencies.
   17         2. Initiate a Fire and Emergency Incident Information
   18  Reporting System that shall be responsible for:
   19         a. Receiving fire and emergency incident information from
   20  fire service providers protection agencies.
   21         b. Preparing and disseminating annual reports to the
   22  Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
   23  of Representatives, fire service providers protection agencies,
   24  and, upon request, the public. Each report shall include, but
   25  not be limited to, the information listed in the National Fire
   26  Incident Reporting System.
   27         c. Upon request, providing other states and federal
   28  agencies with fire and emergency incident data of this state.
   29         3. Adopt rules to effectively and efficiently implement,
   30  administer, manage, maintain, and use the Fire and Emergency
   31  Incident Information Reporting Program. The rules shall be
   32  considered minimum requirements and shall not preclude a fire
   33  service provider protection agency from implementing its own
   34  requirements which may not conflict with the rules of the
   35  division.
   36         4. By rule, establish procedures and a format for each fire
   37  service provider protection agency to voluntarily monitor its
   38  records and submit reports to the program.
   39         5. Maintain Establish an electronic information database
   40  that is accessible and searchable by fire service providers
   41  protection agencies.
   42         (b) The division shall consult with the Florida Forest
   43  Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   44  and the State Surgeon General of the Department of Health to
   45  coordinate data, ensure accuracy of the data, and limit
   46  duplication of efforts in data collection, analysis, and
   47  reporting.
   48         (2) The Fire and Emergency Incident Information System
   49  Technical Advisory Panel is created within the division. The
   50  panel shall advise, review, and recommend to the State Fire
   51  Marshal with respect to the requirements of this section. The
   52  membership of the panel shall consist of the following 15
   53  members:
   54         (a) The current 13 members of the Firefighters Employment,
   55  Standards, and Training Council as established in s. 633.402.
   56         (b) One member from the Florida Forest Service of the
   57  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, appointed by
   58  the director of the Florida Forest Service.
   59         (c) One member from the Department of Health, appointed by
   60  the State Surgeon General.
   61         (3) As used in For the purpose of this section, the term
   62  “fire service provider” has the same meaning as in s. 633.102
   63  “fire protection agency” shall be defined by rule by the
   64  division.
   65         Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 633.402, Florida
   66  Statutes, is amended to read:
   67         633.402 Firefighters Employment, Standards, and Training
   68  Council; organization; meetings; quorum; compensation; seal;
   69  special powers; firefighter training.—
   70         (1) There is created within the department a Firefighters
   71  Employment, Standards, and Training Council of 15 14 members.
   72         (a) The members shall be appointed as follows:
   73         1. Two fire chiefs appointed by the Florida Fire Chiefs
   74  Association.
   75         2. Two firefighters, who are not officers, appointed by the
   76  Florida Professional Firefighters Association.
   77         3. Two firefighter officers, who are not fire chiefs,
   78  appointed by the State Fire Marshal.
   79         4. One individual appointed by the Florida League of
   80  Cities.
   81         5. One individual appointed by the Florida Association of
   82  Counties.
   83         6. One individual appointed by the Florida Association of
   84  Special Districts.
   85         7. One individual appointed by the Florida Fire Marshals’
   86  and Inspectors’ Association.
   87         8. One employee of the Florida Forest Service of the
   88  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services appointed by the
   89  director of the Florida Forest Service.
   90         9. One individual appointed by the State Fire Marshal.
   91         10. One director or instructor of a state-certified
   92  firefighting training facility appointed by the State Fire
   93  Marshal.
   94         11. One individual The remaining member, who shall be
   95  appointed by the State Fire Marshal, who may not be a member or
   96  representative of the firefighting profession or of any local
   97  government.
   98         12.One individual from the Department of Health, appointed
   99  by the Surgeon General.
  100         (b) To be eligible for appointment as a member under
  101  subparagraph (a)1., subparagraph (a)2., subparagraph (a)3.,
  102  subparagraph (a)8., or subparagraph (a)10., a person must have
  103  had at least 4 years’ experience in the firefighting profession.
  104  Members shall serve only as long as they continue to meet the
  105  criteria under which they were appointed, or unless a member has
  106  failed to appear at three consecutive and properly noticed
  107  meetings unless excused by the chair.
  108  
  109  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  110  And the title is amended as follows:
  111         Delete line 964
  112  and insert:
  113         insurance; amending s. 633.136, F.S.; replacing fire
  114         protection agencies in the Fire and Emergency Incident
  115         Information Reporting Program with fire service
  116         providers and defining the term; revising the
  117         composition of the Fire and Emergency Incident
  118         Information System Technical Advisory Panel; amending
  119         s. 633.402, F.S.; revising the composition of the
  120         Firefighters Employment, Standards, and Training
  121         Council; creating s. 633.217, F.S.; prohibiting