Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 3151

  • Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 3151. Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Council” means the Vermont Fire Service Training Council.

(2) “Fire service” means activities related to fire prevention, investigation, or suppression, or fire-related rescue.

(3) “Firefighter” means a member of a State, municipal, or county fire department or a privately organized fire department who is responsible for fire suppression, prevention, or investigation, or fire-related rescue.

(4) “Full-time firefighter” means a firefighter who receives compensation for performing fire service duties of a predictable and continuing nature more than 32 hours per week and more than 25 weeks per year. (Added 1987, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)