Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 87-10-2 - Definitions2.1. "Active Members" means an individual who performs the function of fire prevention and suppression, or vehicle and machinery extrications when responding to emergency situations. Depending on the level(s) of training the active member has completed, active members may also perform the tasks and duties of hazardous materials response and mitigation, technical rescue, emergency medical services, and any other duties that a specialized support member may provide if so trained.2.2. "Approved Curriculum" means a curriculum for training approved by the West Virginia State Fire Commission.2.3. "Chief" means the highest-ranking fire line officer in charge of a fire department.2.4. "Department" means any volunteer fire fighting response organization regulated by the West Virginia State Fire Commission. Department includes a volunteer fire company or volunteer fire brigade, provided that: private or corporate fire brigades are exempt from this rule.2.5. "Firefighter" means any active member of a fire department.2.6. "Fire Commission" means the West Virginia State Fire Commission.2.7. "Grantor" means a state spending unit awarding a state grant.2.8. "Grantee" means any entity, to exclude individuals, receiving a state grant, including a state spending unit, local government, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity.2.9. "NIMS" means the National Incident Management System.2.10. "Person" means business, corporation, partnership, individual, or any other entity submitting a curriculum for approval.2.11. "Report" means an engagement, such as an agreed upon procedures engagement or other attestation engagement, performed and prepared by a certified public accountant to test whether state grants were spent as intended. The term "report" does not mean a full scope audit or review of the person receiving state funds.2.12. "State grant" means funding provided by a state spending unit, regardless of the original source of the funds, to a grantee upon application for a specific purpose. The term "state grant" does not include: (A) Payments for goods and services purchased by a state spending unit;(B) compensation to state employees and public officials;(C) reimbursements to state employees and public officials for travel or incidental expenses;(D) grants of student aid;(E) government transfer payments;(F) direct benefits provided under state insurance and welfare programs;(G) funds reimbursed to a person for expenditures made for qualified purposes when receipts for the expenditures are required prior to receiving the funds;(H) retirement benefits; and(I) federal pass-through funds that are subject to the federal Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 31 U.S.C. § 7501, et seq. The term "state grant" does not include formula distributions to volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments and fire companies made pursuant to § 33-3-14 d, § 33-3-33, or § 33-12C-7 of this code and does not include money received from the Fire Service Equipment and Training Fund as provided in § 29-3-5 f of this code.