Rules of the Tennessee Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education Commission — Introduction

RULES OF THE TENNESSEE COMMISSION ON FIRE FIGHTING PERSONNEL STANDARDS AND EDUCATION Davy Crockett Tower, Suite 630 500 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0579 Chapter Title

0360-01-01 ................................................................................................................................. General

0360-01-02 ............................................................................................................................. Definitions

0360-02-01 ................................................................ Certification of Training and Education Programs

0360-02-02 ........................................................................................................... Instructor Certification

0360-03-01 ....................................................... Classification for Full-Time and Volunteer Fire Fighters

0360-04-01 ........................................................................................................................ Examinations

0360-05-01 .................................................................................................... Revocation of Certification

0360-06-01 .................................................................................. Miscellaneous Certification Standards

0360-07-01 .................................................................................................... Educational Incentive Pay

0360-07-02 ............................................................................................................................... Repealed

0360-08-01 ............................................................................................................................... Repealed

0360-09-01 ............................................................................................................................... Repealed

0360-10-01 ............................................................................................................................... Repealed

0360-11-01 ............................................................................................................................... Repealed

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original chapters 0360-01-01 through 0360-09-01 were filed August 27, 1979; effective October 10, 1979, under Chapter 491 of the Public Acts of 1974. The Administrative History following each rule gives the date on which the rule was certified, or the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date, if promulgated after March 11, 1974. The Administrative History after each rule also shows the dates of any amendment or repeals. Amendments to rules 0360-01-02-.01 and 0360-07-01-.03 filed September 30, 1983; effective December 14, 1983. Original chapter 0360-10-01 filed August 6, 1984; effective November 13, 1984. Original chapter 0360-11-01 filed March 20, 1986; effective April 19, 1986. Amendment to rule 0360-11-01-.02 filed October 21, 1986; effective December 5, 1986. Original chapter 0360-06-01, amendments to chapters 0360-01-01, 0360-01-02, 0360-02-01, 0360-02-02,

0360-03-01, 0360-04-01, 0360-05-01, 0360-06-01, 0360-07-01 and repeal of chapters 0360-07-02, 0360- 08-01, 0360-09-01, 0360-10-01 and 0360-11-01 filed November 8, 1990; effective December 23, 1990. Amendment to rules 0360-01-02-.01, 0360-02-02-.01, 0360-02-02-.02, 0360-04-01-.06, 0360-05-01-.02,

0360-06-01-.01, 0360-07-01-.01 through 0360-07-01-.03, 0360-07-01-.05, 0360-07-01-.06; original rules

0360-06-01-.02, 0360-07-01-.09 and 0360-07-01-.10; repeal and new rules 0360-03-01-.01 through 0360- 03-01-.12 and 0360-07-01-.04 filed October 14, 1994; effective February 28, 1995. Original rules 0360-01-01-.03, 0360-03-01-.16 through 0360-03-01-.28, and 0360-06-01-.03 through

0360-06-01-.05; amendments to rules 0360-02-02-.01, 0360-03-01-.03, 0360-03-01-.09, 0360-07-01-.01,

0360-07-01-.04, and 0360-07-01-.05; repeal and new rules 0360-01-02-.01, 0360-03-01-.01, 0360-03-01- .02, 0360-04-01-.05, 0360-04-01-.06, 0360-05-01-.02, and 0360-06-01-.01; and repeal of rules 0360-02- 02-.05, 0360-03-01-.04, 0360-03-01-.08, 0360-06-01-.02, and 0360-07-01-.03; filed April 25, 2005; effective July 9, 2005. Amendments to rules 0360-01-02-.01, 0360-02-01-.02 through 0360-02-01-.04, 0360-02-02-.03, 0360-02- 02-.04, 0360-02-02-.06, 0360-03-01-.01 through 0360-03-01-.03, 0360-03-01-.09 through 0360-03-01- .12, 0360-03-01-.16, 0360-03-01-.17, 0360-03-01-.23, 0360-03-01-.24, 0360-04-01-.01 through 0360-04- 01-.04, 0360-04-01-.06, 0360-05-01-.02, 0360-06-01-.01, 0360-06-01-.04, 0360-06-01-.05, and 0360-07- 01-.04 through 0360-07-01-.10 filed December 14, 2009; effective March 14, 2010. Original rules 0360-01-01-.04, 0360-02-01-.05, 0360-03-01-.29 through 0360-03-01-.32, 0360-04-01-.08, and 0360-04-01-.09 filed December 14, 2009; effective March 14, 2010. Amendments to rules 0360-04-01-.06 and 0360-07-01-.07 filed October 5, 2010; effective March 31, 2011. Amendments to rules 0360-04-01-.06 and 0360-06-01-.01 and repeal and new rule 0360-03-01-.18 filed August 2, 2011; effective January 29, 2012. Amendment to rule 0360-01-01-.01 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendment to rule 0360-01-02-.01 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-02-01-.01 through .05 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Repeal and amendments to rules 0360-02-02-.01, 0360-02-02-.02, 0360-02-02-.03, 0360-02-02-.04, and

0360-02-02-.06 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-03-01-.01 through 0360-03-01-.49 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-04-01-.01 through 0360-04-01-.09 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendment to rule 0360-05-01-.02 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-06-01-.04 and 0360-06-01-.05 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-07-01-.01 through 0360-07-01-.18 filed October 27, 2014; effective January 25, 2015. Amendments to rules 0360-03-01-.12, 0360-03-01-.13, 0360-04-01-.06, and 0360-06-01-.05 and new rules 0360-03-01-.50 and 0360-03-01-.51 filed June 3, 2016; effective September 1, 2016. Amendments to rules 0360-01-01-.01, 0360-01-01-.02, 0360-01-01-.04, 0360-03-01-.02 through 0360-03- 01-.25, 0360-03-01-.27, 0360-03-01-.28, 0360-03-01-.30 through 0360-03-01-.51, 0360-04-01-.01 through 0360-04-01-.06, 0360-04-01-.08, 0360-04-01-.09, 0360-05-01-.01, 0360-05-01-.02, 0360-06-01- .01, 0360-06-01-.03 through 0360-01-.05, 0360-07-01-.01, 0360-07-01-.02, and 0360-07-01-.04 through

0360-07-01-.08 and original rules 0360-03-01-.52 through 0360-03-01-.57 and 0360-05-01-.03 filed July 27, 2018; effective October 25, 2018. Amendments to rules 0360-03-01-.14, 0360-03-01-.15, 0360-03-01-.52, 0360-03-01-.53, 0360-04-01-.06,

0360-04-01-.09, 0360-06-01-.01, 0360-07-01-.06, and 0360-07-01-.07 filed January 22, 2020; effective April 21, 2020. Emergency rules 0360-07-01-.01, 0360-07-01-.02, and 0360-07-01-.04 through 0360-07-01-.10 filed September 2, 2021; effective through March 1, 2022. Emergency rules expired effective March 2, 2022, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. Amendments to rules 0360-07-01-.01, 0360-07-01-.02, and 0360-07-01-.04 through 0360-07-01-.10 filed August 29, 2022; effective November 27, 2022. Amendments to rules 0360-01-01-.01, 0360-01-01-.02, 0360-01-01-.04, 0360-01-02-.01, 0360-02-01-.01,

0360-02-01-.05, 0360-03-01-.01 through 0360-03-01-.03, 0360-03-01-.05, 0360-03-01-.09, 0360-03-01- .10, 0360-03-01-.12, 0360-03-01-.13, 0360-03-01-.16, 0360-03-01-.23 through 0360-03-01-.25, 0360-03- 01-.27, 0360-03-01-.28, 0360-03-01-.30 through 0360-03-01-.32, 0360-03-01-.48, 0360-03-01-.54, 0360- 03-01-.57, 0360-04-01-.01 through 0360-04-01-.06, 0360-04-01-.08, 0360-04-01-.09, 0360-05-01-.01,

0360-05-01-.02, 0360-06-01-.01, 0360-06-01-.05, and 0360-07-01-.04 through 0360-07-01-.06 and repeal of rules 0360-01-01-.03, 0360-03-01-.04, 0360-03-01-.07, 0360-03-01-.11, 0360-03-01-.21, 0360-03-01- .22, 0360-03-01-.26, 0360-03-01-.33 through 0360-03-01-.45, 0360-03-01-.49, 0360-03-01-.50, and

0360-03-01-.55 filed April 2, 2025; effective July 1, 2025. Amendments to rule 0360-06-01-.01 filed November 6, 2025; effective February 4, 2026.