N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 100: Insurance against liability to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers

§ 100. Insurance against liability to volunteer firefighters and

ambulance workers. Insurance contracts issued by the state insurance

fund to insure political subdivisions against liability in relation to

volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers under the

volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers'

benefit law shall be designated "volunteer firefighters' benefit

insurance" or "volunteer ambulance workers' benefit insurance". The

provisions of this article which are not inconsistent with such laws

shall be applicable in relation to such insurance. The following terms

used in this article, unless inconsistent with the volunteer

firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit

law, are hereby enlarged as follows:

1. "Employer" includes any political subdivision liable for benefits

pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer

ambulance workers' benefit law.

2. "Employee" includes a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance

worker who has been or might be injured in line of duty or who dies or

might die from such an injury. When a political subdivision or a

district or area thereof is responsible for the payment of benefits

pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer

ambulance workers' benefit law, it shall be deemed the "employer" of

such "employee."

3. "Workers' compensation" and "compensation" include the benefits in

relation to volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers

pursuant to the volunteer firefighters' benefit law or the volunteer

ambulance workers' benefit law.

4. "This chapter" includes the volunteer firefighters' benefit law and

the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law, except when such a meaning

is inconsistent with this article.