{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-5-501","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 29-5-501","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Employer\" means a municipality, special district, fire authority, or county improvement district that employs one or more firefighters. \"Employer\" also means the division of fire prevention and control created in section 24-33.5-1201. \"Employer\" does not include a power authority created pursuant to section 29-1-204 or a municipally owned utility.\n\n(2) \"Firefighter\" means a full- or part-time employee of an employer whose duties are directly involved with the provision of fire protection services and a volunteer firefighter as defined in section 31-30-1102. \"Firefighter\" includes a person meeting this definition who provides volunteer services to a fire authority created by an intergovernmental agreement providing fire protection.\n\n(3) \"Trust\" means a multiple employer behavioral health trust described in section 10-3-903.5 (7)(e), established for the purposes of this part 5.","path":["Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL","Article 5 - Peace Officers and Firefighters","Part 5 - FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-29.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"62e3686c314551740c3a457b5ac467bdc559b9b6f9ee59531529ea89cf184a64","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-5-405","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-5-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}