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2002 SESSION
020129820Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 27-23.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 27-23.6. Provision of fire-fighting and emergency medical services.
A. Any county, city or town may contract with or provide for any volunteer
fire-fighting or emergency medical services companies or associations in the
county, city or town for the fighting of fire or provision of emergency medical
services in any county, city or town. If such provisions are made by the
county, city or town, the fire-fighting or emergency medical services company
or association shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the county,
city or town, and as such it and its employees and volunteers shall be exempt
from suit for damages done incident to resulting from fighting fires or
providing emergency medical services therein. The county, city or town may
elect to provide for the matters authorized in §§ 27-4 and 27-39.
B. Any county, city or town may provide fire-fighting and emergency medical
services to its citizens by using both government-employed and volunteer
company or association firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.
If such a system is utilized, the volunteer fire-fighting and emergency medical
services companies and associations shall be deemed an instrumentality of the
county, city or town, and as such they and their employees and volunteers shall
be exempt from suit for damages done incident to resulting from providing
fire-fighting and emergency medical services to the county, city or town. The
county, city or town may also elect to provide for matters authorized in §§
27-4 and 27-39.
"Fighting fires or providing emergency medical services" includes, but shall not be limited to, travel to and from emergencies as well as any other travel arising out of and in the course of providing fire-fighting or medical services.