Section 633.137, F.S., created the Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program within the Department to provide financial assistance to help career fire departments, combination fire departments, and volunteer fire departments procure equipment and supplies designed to mitigate exposure to hazardous, cancer-causing chemicals. The Department is required to adopt rules and procedures for the program, including for the approval of applications and development of need-based criteria. Sections 633.406 and 633.408, F.S., authorize the Department to award different classes of firefighter certificates to persons who meet specified statutory criteria and to establish courses and examinations for various certifications as a firefighter. Rule 69A-37.503, F.A.C., establishes the procedures and criteria for participating in the Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program. The proposed amendment to Rule 69A-37.039, F.A.C., will adopt the Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program and update the following forms: Application for Firefighter Certification Examination, Verification of Training Hours/Firefighter I and II, Application for Practical Examination for Retention of Firefighter Certification, and Firefighter Equivalency Examination Requirements.