What is "in the line of duty?"
Any of the following activities, pursuant to orders/authorization:
- Participation at a fire, alarm of fire, hazardous material incident, or other emergency situation that triggers response by the fire company or its units
- Travel to, from and during fires or other calls to which the company responds and travel in connection with other authorized activities
- Some duties in the firehouse, such as construction, repair, maintenance and inspection
- Inspection of property for fire hazards or other dangerous conditions
- Fire prevention activities
- Attendance at fire instructions or fire school; instruction at training
- Participation in authorized drills, parades, funerals, inspections/reviews, tournaments, contests or public exhibitions conducted for firefighters
- Attendance at a convention or conference as an authorized delegate
- Work on or testing of fire apparatus/equipment, fire alarm systems and fire cisterns
- Meetings of the fire company
- Pumping water or other substances from a basement or building
- Inspection of fire fighting vehicles and apparatus prior to delivery under a contract or purchase, or performing duties related to the delivery
- Response to a call for general ambulance service by a member of an authorized emergency rescue and first aid squad
- Participation in a supervised physical fitness class
- Fundraising activities (non-competitive events)
What is not "in the line of duty?"
- Participation, including practice, in any recreational or social activity, other than noncompetitive fundraising activities
- Work rendered in the service of a private employer; public corporation or special district
- Work rendered while on leave of absence or suspended from duty, or work that the volunteer has been ordered not to perform
- Competitive events in which volunteer members are competitors, such as baseball, basketball, football, bowling, tugs of war, donkey baseball, donkey basketball, boxing, wrestling, contests between bands or drum corps, or other competitive events in which volunteer members are competitors and which involve physical exertion on the part of the competitors