N.Y. General Municipal Law § 209-c: Fire police squads of fire departments and fire companies

§ 209-c. Fire police squads of fire departments and fire companies.

The authorities having control of fire departments and fire companies

may organize within such departments or companies fire police squads

composed of volunteer firefighters who are members of such departments

or companies. Members of fire police squads, so organized, at such times

as the fire department, fire company or an emergency rescue and first

aid squad of the fire department or fire company are on duty, or when,

on orders of the chief of the fire department or fire company of which

they are members, they are separately engaged in response to a call for

assistance pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred nine of

this article, shall have the powers of and render service as peace

officers. A member of a fire police squad shall take an oath of office

as a fire police officer in the following form: "I do solemnly swear (or

affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and

the constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully

discharge the duties of the office of fire police officer of the

....................... fire company (or fire department), according to

the best of my ability." Such oath shall be filed in the office of the

city clerk in the case of a firefighter of a fire company or fire

department in a city, in the office of the village clerk in the case of

a firefighter of a fire company or fire department in a village, and in

the office of the town clerk in all other cases. Notwithstanding any

other provision of law to the contrary, a member of a fire police squad

shall have satisfied any requirement for training as provided by any

general or local law if the person has satisfactorily completed a

training course offered by the state office of fire prevention and

control, or an equivalent course as approved by the state office of fire

prevention and control.