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MN Fire Service Advisory Committee (Fire Safety Account)

The Fire Service Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations to the commissioner
of public safety on fire service related issues and shall consist of representatives of each of
the following organizations: two appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs
Association, two appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association,
two appointed by the president of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, two appoint by
the president of the League of Minnesota Cities, one appointed by the president of the Minnesota
Association of Townships, one appointed by the president of the Insurance Federation of
Minnesota, one appointed jointly by the presidents of the Minnesota Chapter of the International
Association of Arson Investigators and the Fire Marshals Association of Minnesota, and the
commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee. The commissioner of Public
Safety must ensure that at least three of the members of the advisory committee work and
reside in counties outside of the seven-county metropolitan area. The committee shall provide
funding recommendations to the commissioner of public safety from the fire safety fund for
the following purposes:

for the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education;
for programs and staffing for the State Fire Marshal Division; and
for fire-related regional response team programs and any other fire service programs

that have the potential for statewide impact.

Fire Service Advisory Committee Law

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