Section 106-955 - DefinitionsAs used in this Article:
(1) "Firefighter" means an employee of the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services who engages in fire suppression duties or engages in emergency response duties pursuant to G.S. 166A-19.77.(2) "Fire suppression duties" means involvement in on-site fire suppression, participation in Incident Management Team while it is mobilized, Operations Room duty during on-going fires or when required by high readiness plans, mop-up activities to secure fire sites, scouting and detecting forest fires, performance of standby duty, and any other activity that directly contributes to the detection, response to, and control of fires.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-955
Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 155, s. 14, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 13.25-z, eff. 7/1/2011.Renumbered from § 113-60.32by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 13.25-y, eff. 7/1/2011, (subsequently renumbered from 106-915 by the state reviser).Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 386, s. 1.6, eff. 9/13/2005. 1985 , c. 757, s. 160(a); 1989 , c. 727, s. 218 (54); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a).