BILL NUMBER: AB 1203	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 8588.11 of the Government Code, relating
to emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1203, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. Office of Emergency
Services: Fire Fighter Apprenticeship Program: training: crude oil
spills.
   Existing law creates the Office of Emergency Services in the
office of the Governor, with specified powers and duties relative to
coordinating emergency services. Existing law requires the office to
contract with the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship
Program to develop a fire service specific course of instruction on
the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents. That
law also requires the course of instruction to be developed in
consultation with individuals knowledgeable about the impact of a
terrorist incident, as provided.
   This bill would additionally authorize the office to contract with
the program to develop a course of instruction on the
responsibilities of first responders to incidents involving crude oil
spills by rail, and would additionally require the course of
instruction to be developed in consultation with individuals
knowledgeable about crude oil spills by rail.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8588.11 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8588.11.  (a) The office shall contract with the California Fire
Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program to develop a fire service
specific course of instruction on the responsibilities of first
responders to  incidents involving crude oil spills by rail and
 terrorism incidents. The course shall include the criteria for
the curriculum content recommended by the Curriculum Development
Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 8588.10 to address
the training needs of both of the following:
   (1) Firefighters in conformance with the standards established by
the State Fire Marshal.
   (2) Paramedics and other emergency medical services fire personnel
in conformance with the standards established by the Emergency
Medical Services Authority.
   (b) The course of instruction shall be developed in consultation
with individuals knowledgeable about consequence management that
addresses the topics of containing and mitigating the impact of 
incidents involving crude oil spills by rail or  a terrorist
incident, including, but not limited to, a terrorist act using
hazardous materials, as well as weapons of mass destruction,
including any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or
nuclear or radiological agent, as those terms are defined in Section
11417 of the Penal Code, by techniques including, but not limited
to, rescue, firefighting, casualty treatment, and hazardous materials
response and recovery.
   (c) The contract shall provide for the delivery of training by the
California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program through
reimbursement contracts with the state, local, and regional fire
agencies who may, in turn, contract with educational institutions.
   (d) To maximize the availability and delivery of training, the
California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program shall develop a
course of instruction to train the trainers in the presentation of
the first responder training of consequence management for fire
service personnel.