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title: Title 25, Chapter 4. Firefighter Standards and Training
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date: 2025
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heading: FIREFIGHTER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
title_heading: FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY
section_count: 16
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# Title 25, Chapter 4. Firefighter Standards and Training

Title 25. Fire Protection and Safety

16 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 25-4-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-1.md
- 25-4-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-2.md
- 25-4-3, Establishment of Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-3.md
- 25-4-3.1, Establishment of Georgia Volunteer Fire Service Council, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-3.1.md
- 25-4-4, Eligibility of council members for public office, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-4.md
- 25-4-5, Administrative assignment to Department of Public Safety; source of funds, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-5.md
- 25-4-6, Meetings, quorum, and annual reporting of council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-6.md
- 25-4-7, Functions and powers of council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-7.md
- 25-4-7.1, Appointment of executive director; employment of other personnel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-7.1.md
- 25-4-8, Qualifications of firefighters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-8.md
- 25-4-8.1, Qualifications for volunteer firefighters, repealed (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-8.1.md
- 25-4-9, Basic firefighter training course; transfer of certification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-9.md
- 25-4-10, Mandatory training, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-10.md
- 25-4-11, Adoption of higher training requirements by employing agencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-11.md
- 25-4-11.1, Random testing for illegal drug usage by qualified firefighters, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-11.1.md
- 25-4-12, Applicability of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/25-4-12.md