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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62658</law_id><section_number>27-40.3</section_number><catch_line>Definition</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="27">Fire Protection</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Relief for Fire Fighters and Dependents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of this article the term &#x201C;volunteer fire fighters&#x201D; shall be defined as in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definition of term &quot;volunteer fire fighters.&quot;" href="/27-42/">27-42</a>.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 607; 1977, c. 326.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
