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12/27/2024 06:46 AM
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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 2, 2024 03:12 PM
From: Senator Doug Mastriano and Sen. Michele Brooks
To: All Senate members
Subject: Firefighter I Certification
 
In the near future, we plan on reintroducing SB 1101, legislation that would make it less cumbersome for firefighters to obtain their Firefighter I certification.

Currently, a firefighter must complete 180 hours of training -- passing through all four modules before taking a cumulative test.

Our legislation - which was introduced after a roundtable discussion with fire members and conversations with the State Fire Commissioner -- simply would permit testing after each of the modules. It would not lessen the standard to become Firefighter I certified, just make it more flexible for them to do so.

SB 1101 was sponsored by Senators Mastriano, Brooks, Argall, Culver, Dush, Laughlin, Martin, Rothman and J. Ward and was unanimously passed by the Senate.

Please join us in cosponsoring this legislation that is important to our firefighter community.



Memo Updated: December 18, 2024 03:02 PM