(a) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall consist of 7 persons who shall be qualified by experience and training to deal with the matters which are the responsibilities of the State Fire Prevention Commission. Three members of the State Fire Prevention Commission shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be representatives of industry from New Castle County, Kent County and Sussex County. Three members, 1 from each county, shall be members of paid or volunteer fire companies and shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of 3 names of members in good standing submitted by the Volunteer Firefighters’ Association of the county in which a vacancy exists. The seventh member of the State Fire Prevention Commission shall be the immediate past President of the Delaware Volunteer Firefighters’ Association and shall be appointed by the Governor.
(b) Members may be removed by the Governor for continued neglect of the duties required by this chapter, or for refusal to act, misconduct, incompetency, or other sufficient cause.
(c) Members of the State Fire Prevention Commission shall be appointed to serve for 6-year terms, but no member may be appointed to more than 2 successive full terms. Succeeding appointments shall be made, and any vacancy on the State Fire Prevention Commission shall be filled for the duration of the term, in the same manner as the prior appointment.
(d) Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(e) No member of the State Fire Prevention Commission, while serving on the State Fire Prevention Commission, shall be an officer (president/chairperson, president-elect, vice president, secretary or treasurer) of any state or county volunteer firemen’s association, including but not limited to, the Delaware Volunteer Firefighter’s Association, or any professional or trade association, or union representing an industry or service regulated by the State Fire Prevention Commission.
16 Del. C. 1953, § 6601; 49 Del. Laws, c. 335; 52 Del. Laws, c. 5, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 381, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 444, § 4.
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