12-10C-2: Definitions.

As used in the Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act:

A. "emergency or disaster" means an event so declared by the governor or president of the United States; and

B. "volunteer emergency responder" means a person who is a member in good standing of a volunteer fire department, an emergency medical service, a search and rescue team or a law enforcement agency or who is enrolled by the state or a political subdivision of the state for response to an emergency or disaster.