Title 25

Nothing within this article shall be construed so as to permit a county or other fire department to operate within the limits of a municipality except by written or oral contract with the municipality. Nothing within this article shall be construed so as to permit a municipal fire …

This article shall not affect the duties, powers, or responsibilities of the Safety Fire Commissioner, the state fire marshal, the sheriff’s office, the Department of Public Safety, local law enforcement agencies, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources,…

It is the intention of the General Assembly of Georgia to establish minimum requirements for all fire departments operating in this state. The General Assembly recognizes that fire departments operating in this state cannot function effectively and efficiently as full-time fire depa…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council. (2)(A) “Fire department” means any fire department which is authorized to exercise the general and emergency powers enumerated in Code…

(a) In order for a fire department employing full-time firefighters or part-time firefighters to be legally organized to operate in the State of Georgia, the chief administrative officer of the fire department shall notify and submit all required documentation to the executive director…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, in order to be legally organized: (1) A fire department shall comply with the following requirements: (A) Be established to provide fire and other emergency and nonemergency services in accordance with standar…

The executive director may consult with and consider the recommendations of the director of the State Forestry Commission, the director of the Georgia Fire Academy, the state fire marshal, and the governing authority of any county or municipality in which the fire department is loc…

(a) The certificate of compliance issued by the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council or the Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the applicable council at any time it receives satisfactory evidence that the fire departm…

The executive director shall cooperate with newly formed and existing fire departments to ensure that all fire departments in this state are in compliance with the provisions of this article by July 1, 1986. History. Code 1981, § 25-3-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1000, § 3; Ga. L…

Nomenclature and symbols. Use in connection with advertising. Prohibited act, §§25-13-4, 25-13-5. Appropriations. Mutual aid resource pacts, §25-6-6. Arson. Powers and duties, §25-3-1. FIRE DEPARTMENTS —Cont’d Attorneys’ fees. Nomenclature. Actions for civil damages for violation…