§ 27-6.01 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Fire company” means a volunteer firefighting or firefighter support organization organized pursuant to § 27-8 in any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth for the purpose of extinguishing fires. Firefighter support group members shall not be included in the provisions of Title 9.1, Title 27, or Title 65.2 unless otherwise designated for inclusion by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the applicable county, city, or town of the Commonwealth. “Fire department” means a firefighting organization established as a department of government of any county, city, or town pursuant to § 27-6.1.
History
This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 502 and 503 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 237.
2015, cc. 502, 503; 2023, c. 237.