N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 303: Provision of workmen's compensation for civil defense volunteers

§ 303. Provision of workmen's compensation for civil defense

volunteers. A civil defense volunteer performing authorized civil

defense services shall be deemed to be in special employment of his

local office as defined in the state defense emergency act. Workmen's

compensation benefits are provided in this article for disability or

death proximately caused by injury in the course of such special

employment without regard to fault as a cause of injury. Such special

employment may be within the area under the jurisdiction of the local

director in which civil defense volunteers of said local office are

mobilized or outside such area where civil defense volunteers are

operating in accordance with plans approved by or orders issued by the

New York state civil defense commission.