40.1-79.1 - Exemptions from chapter generally; local ordinance authorizing participation in volunteer fire company activities. - Virginia Statutes

§ 40.1-79.1. Exemptions from chapter generally; local ordinance authorizingparticipation in volunteer fire company activities.

A. Any county, city or town may authorize by ordinance any person residinganywhere in the Commonwealth, aged 16 years or older, who is a member of avolunteer fire company within such county, city, or town with parental orguardian approval, (i) to seek certification under National Fire ProtectionAssociation 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by theDepartment of Fire Programs; and (ii) to work with or participate fully inall activities of such volunteer fire company, provided such person hasattained certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, levelone, firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of FirePrograms. Such ordinance shall not require a minor who achieved certificationunder National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighterstandards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or beforeJanuary 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certificationafter his sixteenth birthday.

B. Any trainer or instructor of such persons mentioned in subsection A ofthis section and any member of a paid or volunteer fire company whosupervises any such persons shall be exempt from the provisions of §40.1-103, provided that the provisions of § 40.1-100 have not been violated,when engaged in activities of a volunteer fire company, and provided that thevolunteer fire company or the governing body of such county, city or town haspurchased insurance which provides coverage for injuries to or the death ofsuch persons in their performance of activities under this section.

(1982, c. 344; 1983, c. 123; 1991, c. 511; 2005, c. 151; 2006, c. 462.)