Department of Fire Services

Department of Fire Services.

8324-1000

For the fire prevention program; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended for a Suffolk county based arson prevention program; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein $911,902 shall be assessed against insurance companies licensed to sell fire insurance in the commonwealth by the commissioner of insurance, and transferred to the General Fund, and such assessments shall be charged to the normal operating costs of each company; provided further, that not more than ten per cent of the amount designated for said arson prevention program shall be expended for the administrative cost of the program; provided further, that the expenses of the board of fire prevention regulations, pursuant to section 14 of chapter 22 of the General Laws, shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the expenses of the fire safety commission shall be paid from this item; and provided further, not less than $100,000 be appropriated for a Western Mass Office for the State Fire Marshall at the former Northampton State Hospital

......................................................$1,308,738

8324-1500

For the fire training program including the Massachusetts fire training council, certification program, municipal and non-municipal fire training, and the expenses of the council; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the estimated expenses of the administration of the academy, including the estimated expenses of training facilities and curriculum for firefighting personnel and training programs, shall not exceed $3,456,029 dollars per fiscal year; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $500,000 shall be expended for the purchase of two fire apparatus to be used in firefighting training courses conducted by the Massachusetts firefighting academy; provided further, that not less than $48,992 shall be available for the community-based fire prevention program in the Fall River area; provided further, that the funds necessary to support this item shall be paid to the commonwealth by insurance companies writing fire, homeowners multiple peril or commercial multiple peril policies on property situated in the commonwealth within 30 days after notice from the commissioner of estimated expenses; and provided further, that the secretary for administration and finance shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the justification regarding any restriction on the hiring of fire training personnel, and shall explain the derived savings to the Local Aid Fund by not hiring said personnel in this item

......................................................$3,456,029

Local Aid Fund .................. 100.0%