Meetings & Education
SB 1387 Courses & Other Educational Opportunities
Statutory training for fire district board members and fire chiefs — fulfilling Arizona's mandated six-hour requirement.
AFDA Online Statutory Training Program
The registration system for the AFDA Online Statutory Training Program is now open. Please note the following information regarding registering fire district board members and fire chiefs for the training program.
Access the registration system using the link below:
Register Now- Each participant will require a separate registration with a unique email address.
- A registration confirmation email will be sent to each individual participant automatically upon completion of the registration.
- The registration confirmation email contains links to all the training materials (video presentations, associated PowerPoint documents, training assessment quiz). Instructions for completing the training and returning the training assessment quiz to AFDA is also included.
- Payment is by credit card only.
Who Is Required to Complete Training?
Board members elected, re-elected, or appointed (due to running unopposed) in the November 2024 General Election are required to complete six hours of training as defined by A.R.S. §48-803.H. The mandated training must occur within twelve months of a Board Member's election or appointment.
Fire Chiefs are also required to complete the mandated training within one year of their appointment to the position.
Completion will be tracked by the AFDA Education Committee and reported to the appropriate county agency as required by law.
Please email the AFDA office at admin@azfiredistricts.org if you would like a certificate of completion for your individual records.
SB 1387 Training Curriculum
At the bi-annual AFDA Conferences, complete six-hour SB 1387 training classes are offered covering the following subjects. Completion of this curriculum will fulfill the SB 1387 statutory training requirement.
As an option to attending the conferences, AFDA has developed a correspondence program that contains the information from the conference classes to meet the required curriculum. The SB 1387 training courses will be offered at AFDA Conferences and periodically thereafter as necessary to ensure availability to fire district elected officials and fire chiefs.
SB 1387 Implementation Guidelines
Subsequent to the passage of SB 1387, the AFDA Board of Directors through the Education Committee developed the following implementation guidelines in conjunction with the Arizona Attorney General Opinion (No. I14-003) for the training component of SB 1387. The following fire district officials will be required to complete six hours of training within the twelve months directly following the November general election.
Board members elected or appointed (due to running unopposed) as a result of the November 2018 General Election and Fire Chiefs hired on or after November 5, 2014 are required to complete six hours of training as defined by SB 1387 within twelve months of election, appointment, or hire.
Incumbent board members whose term of office expired in 2018 will be required to complete the six hours of required training within the twelve months directly following the November 2018 General Election.
Reporting & Compliance
NOTE: AFDA is required by law to report SB 1387 training compliance to each respective county Board of Supervisors. AFDA is not the enforcement agency and only submits names of individuals that have completed one of its training programs.
Completion will be tracked by the AFDA Education Committee and reported to the appropriate county agency as required by law.
Questions about training or certificates?
Contact the AFDA office at admin@azfiredistricts.org