                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT; CHIEF, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES (§ 27-6.1)

The governing body of any county, city, or town may establish a fire department
as a department of government and may designate it by any name consistent with
the names of its other governmental units. The head of such fire department
shall be known as &#8220;the chief.&#8221; As many other officers and employees
may be employed in such fire department as the governing body may approve.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2008, c. 410; 2015, cc. 502, 503.