2007 Minnesota Statutes

299N.01 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in
this section.
    Subd. 2. Fire department. "Fire department" means a regularly organized fire department,
fire protection district, or fire company, as defined in the State Fire Code adopted under section
299F.011, regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the state
or a local government and includes a private nonprofit fire department directly serving a local
government. It does not include industrial fire brigades.
    Subd. 3. Firefighter. "Firefighter" means a volunteer, paid on-call, part-time, or career
firefighter serving a general population within the boundaries of the state.
History: 2000 c 344 s 1,4; 2005 c 110 s 1; 2005 c 136 art 9 s 14