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2018 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 40.1-79.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 40.1-79.1. Exemptions from chapter generally; participation in volunteer fire company activities.
A. Any county, city or town may authorize by ordinance any
person residing anywhere in the Commonwealth, aged 16 years or older, who is a
member of a volunteer fire company within such county, city, or town with
parental or guardian approval, (i) to seek certification under National Fire
Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered
by the Department of Fire Programs; and (ii) to work with or participate
fully in all activities of such volunteer fire company, provided
such person has attained certification under National Fire Protection
Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by the
Department of Fire Programs. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit
participation by such persons in nonhazardous activities of a volunteer fire
company, including fire prevention efforts and training courses approved by the
Virginia Fire Services Board that are designed to provide situational
awareness. Such ordinance shall not require a minor who achieved
certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one,
firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on
or before January 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the
certification after his sixteenth birthday.
B. Any trainer or instructor of such persons mentioned in
subsection A of this section and any member of a paid or volunteer fire
company who supervises any such persons shall be exempt from the provisions of
§ 40.1-103, provided that the provisions of § 40.1-100 have not been violated,
when engaged in activities of a volunteer fire company, and provided that the
volunteer fire company or the governing body of such county, city or town has
purchased insurance which provides coverage for injuries to or the death of
such persons in their performance of activities under this section.
2. That the Virginia Fire Services Board shall adopt a junior member policy that provides guidance to fire and rescue departments in developing and administering nonhazardous training courses and programs that comply with the provisions of this act.