Sec. 7-323j. Definitions.
Sec. 7-323j. Definitions. As used in this part, "commission" means the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control; "municipality" means town, city, consolidated
town and city, consolidated town and borough, borough, school district, fire district,
fire and sewer district, sewer district, lighting district or any other municipal corporation
or taxing district upon which is placed the duty of, or which has itself assumed the duty
of, protecting its inhabitants from loss by fire; "fire fighting duties" means and includes
duties performed in connection with the suppression and prevention of fires, fire training
and rescue, fire investigation, arson investigation, details and assignments to protect the
public safety against fire and other related work; "firefighters" means any person who is
regularly employed and paid by any municipality or by a contractor which is a nonprofit
corporation for the purpose of performing fire fighting duties for a municipality on an
average of not less than thirty-five hours per week or any volunteer who performs fire
fighting duties and who elects to cooperate with the commission in accordance with
section 7-323m.
(P.A. 73-649, S. 1, 5; P.A. 75-617, S. 1, 8; P.A. 83-566, S. 2, 6.)
History: P.A. 75-617 substituted commission on fire prevention and control for commission on fire fighting personnel
standards and education, redefined "fire fighting duties" to include training and rescue and redefined firefighters to include
volunteer firemen who elect to cooperate with commission; P.A. 83-566 amended the definition of "firefighters" to exclude
persons paid by contractors organized for profit.