N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 205.8

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 205.8 - Regional fire administrators and their duties

(a) A regional fire administrator shall be appointed for each fire mobilization and mutual aid zone. It shall be the policy, where practicable, to appoint as regional fire administrator the person holding the county office of county fire coordinator, except in the case of counties comprising the City of New York where it shall be the person holding the office of chief of department of the fire department of the City of New York.

(b) The regional fire administrator, for practical purposes, assumes the position of county fire coordinator upon the activation of the State fire mobilization and mutual aid plan. He is empowered to:

(1) dispatch manpower and equipment of fire departments consistent with maintenance of local fire protection;

(2) coordinate the response and assignment of manpower and equipment, such manpower and equipment being under the command of the fire chief requesting assistance.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 205.8