(1) For the purposes of advising the director on the administration of the voluntary fire service education and training program within the division of fire prevention and control, the local firefighter safety and disease prevention grant program created in section 24-33.5-1231, and the voluntary firefighter and hazardous materials responder certification programs, there is hereby created in the division of fire prevention and control the fire service training and certification advisory board, referred to in this part 12 as the "advisory board", to serve as an advisory board to the director.

(2) (a) The advisory board consists of fourteen members, eleven of whom are voting members appointed by the governor as follows:

(I) Four of the eleven members appointed by the governor shall represent each of the following organizations:

(A) Colorado state fire fighters association;

(B) Colorado state fire chiefs association;

(C) Colorado fire training officers association; and

(D) Colorado professional fire fighters association;

(II) The other seven members appointed by the governor are:

(A) A fire chief or training officer from a volunteer fire department participating in the certification program;

(B) A fire chief or training officer from a career fire department participating in the certification program;

(C) A representative of the property and casualty insurance industry;

(D) A hazardous materials responder team leader;

(E) A person experienced in the transportation industry;

(F) A representative of local law enforcement; and

(G) A representative of a fixed facility dealing with hazardous materials.

(b) The remaining three ex officio nonvoting members are the following persons or their designees:

(I) The president of the Colorado community college and occupational education system;

(II) The chief of the emergency medical and trauma services section within the health facilities and emergency medical services division in the department of public health and environment; and

(III) The chief of the state patrol.

(c) The eleven advisory board members appointed by the governor shall be geographically apportioned, and at least one of those members must have wildland fire expertise.

(d) At least three members of the advisory board shall be from a community or communities with a resident population of fifteen thousand persons or less.

(e) The governor shall initially appoint six members described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) for terms of four years each and the remaining five members for terms of two years each. Thereafter, the governor shall appoint their successors for terms of four years each. If any appointee vacates his or her office during the term for which appointed to the advisory board, the governor shall, by appointment, fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The advisory board shall annually elect from its members a chairperson and a secretary.

(3) The advisory board shall meet as determined necessary by the chairperson or the director. The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties. The expenses shall be paid from the firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and certification fund created in section 24-33.5-1207.