Firefighter definition

Firefighter means any regular, paid or volunteer, member of a lawfully constituted fire department of a municipal corporation, township, fire district, or village.
Firefighter means a member of an organized fire department, including a volunteer member or a member paid on call, who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the prevention and detection of fires, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state. Firefighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
Firefighter means a firefighter, whether paid or volunteer, of a lawfully constituted fire department.

Examples of Firefighter in a sentence

  • Those individuals who are permanently assigned or have qualified relief status, will be eligible to receive an amount equal to 1.5% of the top step Firefighter base hourly rate for one (1) certificate only in an area unrelated to that assignment.

  • Testing for entry-level Firefighter eligibility shall be at the discretion of the City.

  • June, 2004: Met with Florida Firefighter Games and determined that we should bid for their event that had projected attendance (this year) of 6,500.

  • September, 2005: October 20 meeting scheduled to meet with executive committee of the Florida Firefighter Games.

  • A member of the Tallmadge Fire Department certified by the State of Ohio as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at any level less than that of a Paramedic and certified as Firefighter I or II.


More Definitions of Firefighter

Firefighter means a participating member who is employed as a firefighter by a
Firefighter means an employee whose primary occupation with an employer as defined by Section 59-1302(16), Idaho Code, is that of preventing and extinguishing fires. A firefighter member for retirement purposes is an employee appointed to the position of fire chief by a city council but not eligible to be a “paid firefighter,” or the chief fire warden of a timber protective association, or is an employee of either the department of lands or of a timber protective association whose primary position and principal accountability in that position either requires direct supervision of employees engaged in the prevention, presuppression and suppression of wild land fires or requires the performance of those duties as the principal function of the position. A firefighter member for retirement purposes does not include an employee who may be required on occasion to engage in those functions as a secondary requirement of the position.
Firefighter means a person employed as a full-paid or part-paid firefighter by an employer.
Firefighter means a paid or volunteer firefighter.
Firefighter means an employee the duties of whose position includes work
Firefighter means either a permanent firefighter or a retained firefighter as defined in this clause.
Firefighter means any employee engaged in the performance of work directly connected with the control and extinguishment of fires or the maintenance and use of firefighting apparatus and equipment; and