Subd. 3.Powers and duties.(a)
The board shall:
(1) review fire service
training needs and make recommendations on training to Minnesota fire service
organizations;
(2) establish standards for
educational programs for the fire service and develop procedures for continuing
oversight of the programs;
(3) establish qualifications
for fire service training instructors in programs established under clause (2);
(4) maintain a list of
instructors that have met the qualifications established under clause (3),
subject to application procedures and requirements established by the board;
and
(5) license full-time
firefighters and volunteer firefighters under this chapter.
(b) The board may:
(1) hire or contract for
technical or professional services according to section 15.061;
(2) pay expenses necessary to
carry out its duties;
(3) apply for, receive, and
accept grants, gifts, devises, and endowments that any entity may make to the
board for the purposes of this chapter and may use any money given to it
consistent with the terms and conditions under which the money was received and
for the purposes stated;
(4) accept funding from the
fire safety account and allocate funding to Minnesota fire departments in the
form of reimbursements that are consistent with the board's recommendations and
the Department of Public Safety firefighter training;
(5) set guidelines regarding
how the allocated reimbursement funds must be disbursed;
(6) set and make available to
the fire service standards governing the use of funds reimbursed under this
section;
(7) make recommendations to the
legislature to improve the quality of firefighter training;
(8) collect and provide data,
subject to section 13.03;
(9) conduct studies and surveys
and make reports; and
(9) conduct other activities necessary to carry out its duties.