N.Y. Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law § 21: Assistance to other states, the Dominion of Canada, property ceded to the federal government and to Indian reservations

§ 21. Assistance to other states, the Dominion of Canada, property

ceded to the federal government and to Indian reservations. 1. Whenever

a fire company or fire department in this state shall answer a call to

furnish assistance to any political subdivision or territory of another

state of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada, or property

ceded to the federal government, the provisions of this chapter shall

apply with respect to the volunteer firefighters of such fire company or

department, while such assistance is being rendered or while going to or

returning from the place from where the assistance is to be or was

rendered, to the same extent and in the same manner as if such service

had been rendered in or for the area regularly served by such volunteer

firefighters; provided, however, that there shall be deducted from any

amounts payable under this chapter any amounts recoverable by or payable

to any such volunteer firefighter under the laws applicable in the

political subdivision or territory for which the call for assistance was

made.

2. The provisions of this chapter shall apply with respect to

volunteer firefighters of fire departments and fire companies of other

states of the United States and of the Dominion of Canada who render

service in this state in answer to a call for assistance to the

territory regularly served by a fire department or fire company

described in subdivisions one to five, inclusive, of section thirty of

this chapter and, for the purposes of determining liability for benefits

under this chapter, any such volunteer firefighter shall be considered

as a volunteer member of the fire department or fire company of the

territory for which service has been rendered in this state pursuant to

a call for assistance; provided that the laws of the state served by

such volunteer firefighters, fire departments or fire companies, or of

the Dominion of Canada, as the case may be, contain provisions under

which benefits are granted in relation to volunteer firefighters of this

state who are killed or injured when rendering service in such other

states, or the Dominion of Canada, as the case may be, in answer to a

call for assistance; provided, however, that there shall be deducted

from any amounts payable under the provisions of this chapter to a

volunteer firefighter of such other states or of the Dominion of Canada,

any amounts recoverable by or payable to such volunteer firefighter

under the laws of the state served by such volunteer firefighter or of

the Dominion of Canada, as the case may be.

3. Whenever a fire company or fire department in this state shall

answer a call for assistance to be rendered to any part of an Indian

reservation the provisions of this chapter shall apply with respect to

the volunteer firefighters of such fire company or department, while

such assistance is being rendered or while going to or returning from

the place from where the assistance is to be or was rendered, to the

same extent and in the same manner as if such service had been rendered

in or for the area regularly served by such volunteer firefighters.