{"data":{"id":"us-me/39-a-m.r.s.-112","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"39-A M.R.S. §112","heading":"Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefighters","body":"Notwithstanding Title 12, section 8901, subsection 2 and Title 12, sections 8902, 8905, 9201, 9202, 9204 and 9205, workers' compensation coverage is provided to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities as follows.\n1.  Municipal responsibility.  The municipality is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the municipality is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities.\n2.  State responsibility.  The State is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the State is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities.\nFor purposes of this section, \"actual control\" means on-site supervisory responsibility for the entire command structure directing forest fire-fighting activities at the fire scene.  A municipality is assumed to be in actual control until the State accepts or takes actual control.","path":["TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION","PART 1: MAINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT OF 1992","CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/39-A/title39-Asec112.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:42Z","sha256":"87e03c8b522b614019268c1d3bbd2e3585ec24cd0ebc3dbc0287a0003891291f","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/39-a-m.r.s.-111","next":"us-me/39-a-m.r.s.-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}