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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d 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 \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0237\">237<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63718,"section_number":"18.2-151.1","catch_line":"Injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with firefighting equipment; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-151.1\/"},{"id":71020,"section_number":"2.2-1122","catch_line":"Aid and cooperation of Division may be sought by any public body or public broadcasting station in making purchases; use of facilities of Virginia Distribution Center; services to certain volunteer organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1122\/"},{"id":56809,"section_number":"27-51","catch_line":"Exits from public halls, theaters and opera houses","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-51\/"},{"id":59875,"section_number":"46.2-1140.1","catch_line":"Annual overweight permits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/"},{"id":72049,"section_number":"9.1-203.1","catch_line":"Firefighter mental health awareness training","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-203.1\/"},{"id":73710,"section_number":"9.1-203.2","catch_line":"Firefighter Alzheimer's disease and dementia training","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-203.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70855,"section_number":"27-6.1","catch_line":"Establishment of fire department; chief, officers, and employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-6.1\/"},{"id":67801,"section_number":"27-8","catch_line":"Who may form a fire company; limit on number of persons in combined companies","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66545,"identifier":"27-6.01","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-6.01","url":"\/27-6.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-6.01\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-6.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-6.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Fire company<\/span>&#8221; means a volunteer firefighting or firefighter support organization organized pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Who may form a fire company; limit on number of persons in combined companies\" href=\"\/27-8\/\">27-8<\/a> in any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth for the purpose of extinguishing fires. 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Firefighter support\ngroup members shall not be included in the provisions of Title 9.1, Title 27, or\nTitle 65.2 unless otherwise designated for inclusion by ordinance or resolution\nof the governing body of the applicable county, city, or town of the\nCommonwealth.\n\t\t&#8220;Fire department&#8221; means a firefighting organization established as\na department of government of any county, city, or town pursuant to \u00a7 27-6.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 502, 503; 2023, c. 237.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}