Section 299N.03 Definitions

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

299N.03 DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1.Scope.

The terms used in sections 299N.04 and 299N.05 have the meanings given them in this section.

Subd. 2.Board.

"Board" means the Board of Firefighter Training and Education established under section 299N.02.

Subd. 3.Chief firefighting officer.

"Chief firefighting officer" means the highest ranking employee or appointed official of a fire department.

Subd. 4.Fire department.

"Fire department" has the meaning given it in section 299F.092, subdivision 6. For purposes of sections 299N.04 and 299N.05, fire department also includes a division of a state agency, regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the state or a local government, to include a private, nonprofit fire department directly serving a local government, but does not include an industrial fire brigade.

Subd. 5.Full-time firefighter.

A "full-time firefighter" means a person who is employed and charged with the prevention and suppression of fires within the boundaries of the state on a full-time, salaried basis and who is directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting or is in charge of a designated fire company or companies that are directly engaged in the hazards of firefighting. Full-time firefighter does not include a volunteer, part-time or paid, on-call firefighter.

Subd. 6.Licensed firefighter.

"Licensed firefighter" means a full-time firefighter, to include a fire department employee, member, supervisor, or appointed official, who is licensed by the board and who is charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the state. Licensed firefighter may also include a volunteer firefighter.

Subd. 7.Volunteer firefighter.

A "volunteer firefighter" means a person who is charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the state on a volunteer, part-time or paid, on-call basis. Volunteer firefighter does not include a full-time firefighter.