P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 331w
The Firefighter Academy, attached to the Puerto Rico Firefighter Corps, is hereby created. It shall be directed by an Assistant Chief, who shall be in charge of the operational area related to the instruction and training of Corps members. It shall be his/her concern to establish education and training programs on fire prevention and extinction and rescue techniques for personnel from the Firefighter Corps, agencies, public corporations and departments of the Government of Puerto Rico, and municipalities, as well as for the private business sector.
The instruction and training of Corps members must include a basic and advanced first aid course that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), so that each one of them is prepared to apply urgent therapeutic measures when the circumstances so require. These emergency situations may be any of the following: asphyxia, heart attack, profuse bleeding, poisoning, burning, heat stroke and sunburn, fainting, and fractures, among others.
The Fire Chief is hereby authorized to charge a reasonable amount for this training. It shall be fixed by agreement and contract between the requesting parties and the Fire Chief. The monies thus collected shall be deposited in the Special Fund created by this chapter.
History —June 21, 1988, No. 43, p. 163, § 25, renumbered as § 26 on Aug. 12, 1995, No. 199, § 3; Aug. 4, 2009, No. 53, § 2.