The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3171)
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§ 3171. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Emergency Personnel Survivors Benefit Review Board.
(2) “Child” means a natural or legally adopted child, regardless of age.
(3) “Emergency personnel” means:
(A) firefighters as defined in subdivision 3151(3) of this title; and
(B) emergency medical personnel and volunteer personnel as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 2651.
(4) “Line of duty” means:
(A) answering or returning from a call of the department for a fire or emergency or training
drill; or
(B) similar service in another town or district to which the department has been called
for firefighting or emergency purposes.
(5) “Occupation-related illness” means a disease that directly arises out of, and in the
course of, service, including a heart injury or disease symptomatic within 72 hours
from the date of last service in the line of duty, which shall be presumed to be incurred
in the line of duty.
(6) “Parent” means a natural or adoptive parent.
(7) “Survivor” means a spouse, child, or parent of emergency personnel. (Added 2001, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 33, § 1; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 400, eff. July 1, 2022.)