rural volunteer fire department
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term “rural volunteer fire department” means any organized, not for profit, fire protection organization that provides service primarily to a community or city with a population of 10,000 or less or to a rural area, as defined by the Secretary, whose firefighting personnel is 80 percent or more volunteer, and that is recognized as a fire department by the laws of the State; and
Source
- 1994–present16 U.S.C. § 2106Conservation · Rural fire prevention and control · as used in this section