Available only for a county, city, town, village or fire district.  Coverage under this classification shall be afforded only by a separate Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law Policy.

Refer to “Miscellaneous Values” of Part Three – Loss Costs of this Manual for additional information on this classification.

Code 7711 applies to employers engaged in operation of volunteer firefighting or responding to other town emergencies.  The local precinct or a 911 emergency dispatcher usually receives the emergency call and will pass the notice to the firehouse nearest to the emergency.

Depending on the severity of the emergency, the employer will respond with the necessary amount of firefighters to extinguish or control the fire.  The majority of the volunteer firefighters are notified of an emergency by radio in their private residence. 

This classification also includes other volunteer employees such as garage mechanics in the firehouse who maintain the fire trucks.