Chapter 22D

Section 1. There shall be within the executive office of public safety a department of fire services under the supervision and control of a state fire marshal.

Section 2. The state fire marshal shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. There shall be within the department, a division of training, including the Massachusetts fire training council, established by section one hundred and sixty-four of chapter six, t…

Section 3. The state fire marshal, or his successor, shall be appointed by the Massachusetts fire service commission, established in section one hundred and sixty-five B of chapter six and shall serve at the pleasure of said commission. The position of state fire marshal shall be…

Section 4. There shall be in the department, but not under the control of the state fire marshal except as provided under rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section ten of chapter one hundred and forty-eight, a board to be known as the board of fire p…

Section 5. (a) There shall be a fire prevention regulations appeals board. The appeals board shall consist of the 16 members of the board of fire prevention regulations, established under section 4. The chairman of the board of fire prevention regulations shall serve as the chair…

Section 6. (a) The secretary of public safety and security and the state fire marshal, in consultation with the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts and the Fire Chiefs' Association of Massachusetts, Inc., shall divide the commonwealth into technical rescue regions; provid…