§ 200-b. Leaves of absence for volunteer firefighters entering the armed forces of the United States prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six. 1. When, prior to July first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, a volunteer firefighter in good standing in the fire company or department of which he is a member enters upon active duty in […]
§ 201. Rights and privileges of exempt volunteer firefighters. In case any city, town or village in this state shall organize a paid fire department and thereby deprive any volunteer firefighter who has faithfully actually performed service in the protection of life and property within the territory protected by his or her company of the […]
§ 202. Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter. Any person described in sections two hundred or two hundred one of this article shall be entitled to a certificate from the company in which he or she served or of which he or she was a member at the time of its disbandment which […]
§ 202-a. Recording certificates of exempt volunteer firefighter. A certificate of honorable discharge of an exempt volunteer firefighter, or a certificate issued to an exempt volunteer firefighter under the provisions of section two hundred two of this article, may be recorded in any county, in the office of the county clerk, and when so recorded […]
§ 203. List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed. In case of a company disbanded by the organization of a paid department in lieu thereof, the officers of every volunteer fire, engine, hose and hook and ladder company shall within ninety days after such company has been disbanded file in the office of the […]
§ 204. Qualifications necessary to entitle to certain exemptions. No person who became a member of a volunteer fire organization within the state since the first day of January nineteen hundred and two, or who shall have thereafter become such member who shall not possess the qualifications prescribed by this article shall be entitled to […]
§ 204-a. Raising of funds for fire company purposes. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. “Fire company” means: (1) A volunteer fire company of a county, city, town, village or fire district fire department, whether or not any such company has been incorporated under any general or special law, (2) A fire corporation […]
§ 204-b. Youth programs. 1. Volunteer fire departments and fire companies may establish, operate and maintain youth programs to provide participants with the opportunity to become familiar with the programs and operations of fire departments, to provide programs in community fire safety, fire prevention, and public fire prevention education, and to curtail false fire alarms […]
§ 204-c. Plan for arson investigation. The governing body of each county except a county contained wholly within a city, and the governing body of any city in which a county is wholly contained shall develop a plan for arson investigation within such county or city. Such plan shall be submitted to the office of […]
§ 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. The fire chief of any fire department or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to him by law or contract, to the extent reasonably possible determine or cause to be determined the cause of each fire or explosion which the fire department or company has […]
§ 204-dd. Qualifications of a fire chief. No person shall be eligible for appointment or election as the fire chief, or any title or rank that includes the duties of the chief, in any fire department or fire company with six or more paid firefighters, unless he or she meets requirements as established by the […]
§ 204-e. Unauthorized destruction of property. No individual or corporation having a possessory or proprietary interest in a building or motor vehicle within the meaning of section 150.05 of the penal law shall ignite a fire or cause an explosion in such building or motor vehicle without the prior written permission of the chief of […]
§ 204-f. Plan for hazardous materials incidents response. In accordance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision eight of section two hundred nine-e of this chapter, the governing body of a county, except a county wholly contained within a city, and the governing body of a city in which a county is wholly contained […]
§ 204-g. Restrictions on the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals. 1. As used in this section: (a) “Class B firefighting foam” means foams designed to extinguish ignitable liquid fires. (b) “Ignitable liquid fire” shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred ninety-one-u of the […]
§ 205. Payments to injured or representatives of deceased volunteer firefighters. 1. If an active member of a volunteer fire company in any city, incorporated village or in any fire district of a town outside of an incorporated village or in any part of a town protected by a volunteer fire company incorporated under the […]
§ 205-a. Additional right of action to certain injured or representatives of certain deceased firefighters. 1. In addition to any other right of action or recovery under any other provision of law, in the event any accident, causing injury, death or a disease which results in death, occurs directly or indirectly as a result of […]
§ 205-b. Relief of volunteer firefighters engaged in the performance of duty as such firefighters from civil liability and liability of fire districts for the acts of volunteer firefighters. Members of duly organized volunteer fire companies in this state shall not be liable civilly for any act or acts done by them in the performance […]
§ 205-c. Payments pending controversies where volunteer firefighters are killed or injured. In order to provide for the prompt payment of benefits under sections two hundred five and two hundred nine-a of this article, and under the workers’ compensation law, where such benefits are conceded to be due to any person because of the death […]
§ 205-cc. Volunteer firefighter enhanced cancer disability benefits. A legally organized fire district, department or company shall provide and maintain for each eligible volunteer firefighter, an enhanced cancer disability benefit insurance program. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. “Eligible volunteer firefighter” means: * (i) A volunteer firefighter having five or more years of […]
§ 205-d. Relief from civil liability for acts or omissions by fire wardens in the city of New York. After being trained by a certified fire safety director, any person designated to serve as a fire warden or deputy fire warden in any structure classified as an office building by law or otherwise in the […]
