Maine is Mandating EVOC for Fire Personnel

i was talking to my fire chief today and he was telling me that the state is going to pass a law in june about makeing evoc mandatory for all driver/operators. now heres the kicker traditionally its been an 8 hour class room fallowed by 8 hours in the field and you good to go, but now it you have to have 8 hours in each truck you drive with a state certified instructor rideing with you.

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Permalink Reply by Marcel Muise on October 6, 2010 at 10:41pm

Where are Maine's new regulations or stautes? I found some stuff online that it can all be done in-house. I don't see anything about x amount of hours in each truck though. The rumour tonight was there's new rules about pumper training too.