Firefighter definition

Firefighter means any regular, paid or volunteer, member of a lawfully constituted fire department of a municipal corporation, township, fire district, or village.
Firefighter means a member of an organized fire department, including a volunteer member or a member paid on call, who is responsible for, or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for, the extinguishment of fires, the directing of the extinguishment of fires, the prevention and detection of fires, and the enforcement of the general fire laws of this state. Firefighter does not include a person whose job description, duties, or responsibilities do not include direct involvement in fire suppression.
Firefighter means a firefighter, whether paid or volunteer, of a lawfully constituted fire department.

Examples of Firefighter in a sentence

  • Michigan Fire Fighters Training Council (MFFTC) Firefighter I and II.

  • Firefighter III, and/or Advanced Technician Firefighter certification or the provisional passage of the Firefighter III and/or Advanced Technician Firefighter class and test.

  • All vacancies in the entry rank of Firefighter will be filled as per the procedures established by the Fire & Police Commission and/or the City of Peoria.

  • All time served in the probationary rank of Fire Engineer shall be credited as time in rank in the Firefighter position.

  • The City recognizes Local 50 of the I.A.F.F. as the exclusive bargaining agent for the purpose of establishing the wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment, for all full time, permanent employees who are in the classification of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, and Battalion Chief, but excluding Fire Division Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and Fire Chief.


More Definitions of Firefighter

Firefighter means a participating member who is employed as a firefighter by a
Firefighter means a paid or volunteer firefighter.
Firefighter means an employee whose primary occupation with an employer as defined by Section 59-1302(16), Idaho Code, is that of preventing and extinguishing fires. A firefighter member for retirement purposes is an employee appointed to the position of fire chief by a city council but not eligible to be a “paid firefighter,” or the chief fire warden of a timber protective association, or is an employee of either the department of lands or of a timber protective association whose primary position and principal accountability in that position either requires direct supervision of employees engaged in the prevention, presuppression and suppression of wild land fires or requires the performance of those duties as the principal function of the position. A firefighter member for retirement purposes does not include an employee who may be required on occasion to engage in those functions as a secondary requirement of the position.
Firefighter means a person employed as a full-paid or part-paid firefighter by an employer.
Firefighter means either a permanent firefighter or a retained firefighter as defined in this clause.
Firefighter means an employee the duties of whose position includes work
Firefighter means a person who is: (A) Employed by any city, county, township or other political subdivision of the state and who is assigned to the fire department thereof and engaged in the fighting and extinguishment of fires and the protection of life and property therefrom; or (B) a volunteer member of a fire district, fire department or fire company.