{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-13159.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 13159.2","heading":"","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, the State Fire Marshal shall be referred to as the SFM.\n(b) The SFM may accept certification by the United States Department of Defense as a firefighter as an alternative for the basic SFM training and certification standards for the position of Firefighter I of the California Fire Service Training and Education Program, if the United States Department of Defense certification is accompanied by a national certification or accreditation that has been approved by the SFM and that is based on the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress, Pro Board, or other accepted third-party certification standard.\n(c) If the United States Department of Defense certification is not accompanied by a national certification approved by the SFM, as described in subdivision (b), the SFM shall follow the verification process adopted pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 13157 and 13159.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000. - 14959.]","PART 2. FIRE PROTECTION [13100. - 13263.]","CHAPTER 1. State Fire Marshal [13100. - 13159.10.]","ARTICLE 4. California Fire Service Training and Education Program [13155. - 13159.6.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6a40f5239ea4017518c832d1c1df395a3c4760c60134e06042fd5a6333392a09","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-13159.15","next":"us-ca/hsc-13159.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}