7-51-206 - Compensation for death of firefighter killed in the line of duty.
7-51-206. Compensation for death of firefighter killed in the line of duty.
(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Firefighter means any regular or full-time employee of a fire department as defined in § 68-102-302, or any unpaid volunteer member of a municipal or nonprofit fire department who is registered and recognized by the state fire marshal and who is required to extinguish and control fires or fire-related incidents;
(2) In the line of duty means in the course of employment and in the actual discharge of the duties of the position; and
(3) Volunteer means a firefighter who is not in the employ of a unit of government as a full-time employee of a fire department of such unit.
(b) The estate of any firefighter who is killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Payment shall be made from the general fund after receipt by the department of finance and administration of a certified death certificate and an affidavit from the decedent's employer or fire suppression unit that the decedent was killed in the line of duty.
[Acts 2004, ch. 878, § 1; 2005, ch. 314, § 1; 2006, ch. 912, § 1.]