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§ 20-22-1003. Definitions

AR Code § 20-22-1003 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) "Adjunct services" refers to those activities related to or performed by a fire services agency, such as hazardous and toxic materials response and recovery, search and rescue, and such other functions as may be assigned to or reasonably expected of a local fire services agency;

(2) "Fire mitigation" means, but is not limited to, those activities designed to lessen the impact of fire upon structures, persons, or the natural environment;

(3) "Fire prevention" means, but is not limited to, those actions taken directly or indirectly by an entity of state, county, or municipal government to prevent the occurrence of fire, whether the result of accident or through arson;

(4) "Fire services" means those functions of firefighting, fire prevention, fire mitigation, fire training, and fire administration performed by rural or municipal, volunteer or paid professional firefighters and fire departments created in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas;

(5) "Fire training" refers to those teaching, educational, or training activities conducted to improve the ability of an individual or a fire department to contain, suppress, or otherwise reduce the danger incurred from fire and includes not only technical training on the use of equipment and resources for fire suppression but also those administrative, training, fiscal, and other programs designed to enhance an individual's or a fire department's ability to perform his or her or its assigned duties; and

(6) "Local government" means a county, city of the first class, city of the second class, or an incorporated town, a fire protection district, a subordinate services district of a county, an improvement district organized to provide fire services, or any other fire department created in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas.

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§ 20-22-1003. Definitions