{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.13-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.13-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Responding to an emergency” means responding to, working at the scene of, or returning from a fire, rescue, emergency medical service call, hazardous materials incident, or a natural or man-made disaster, where the emergency occurs during a period other than normal working hours of the employee.\n(2) “Volunteer member” means a volunteer, call, reserve, or permanent-intermittent firefighter or emergency medical technician, but shall not include any person who received compensation for over nine hundred seventy-five (975) hours of services rendered in such capacity over the preceding six (6) months.","path":["Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations","Chapter 6.13 The Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Technician Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-6.13/28-6.13-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:49Z","sha256":"7c840db5a07b6d56af64c5d07f95a273c4f1ac69f5fc5d22eaf49fbe6ab8de0f","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.13-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.13-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}