Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in an appropriate and safe designated area that has been established by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participants cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure; protects volunteer fire departments and fire companies from certain criminal and civil liability potentially arising from the operation of a youth program.
Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure.
Relates to youth programs sponsored by fire departments; provides that participants may respond to an emergency or hazardous activity, but shall remain in a designated or marked off area that has been set up by the chief or officer in charge; provides such participant cannot respond to an emergency on a vehicle using lights and/or sirens; provides such participants may not enter a burning structure.
Relates to orders of protection where the respondent is a minor who resides with a parent or other legally responsible person or other party; prohibits courts from issuing an order of protection that directs a minor respondent to stay away from the home of a parent or other person legally responsible for the respondent if the respondent would not have an appropriate alternative residence; provides that such a respondent shall have the right to have a guardian ad litem appointed, if appropriate; authorizes suspended judgment in certain cases provided that the respondent participate in a batterer's education program.
Relates to orders of protection where the respondent is a minor who resides with a parent or other legally responsible person or other party; prohibits courts from issuing an order of protection that directs a minor respondent to stay away from the home of a parent or other person legally responsible for the respondent if the respondent would not have an appropriate alternative residence; provides that such a respondent shall have the right to have a guardian ad litem appointed, if appropriate; authorizes suspended judgment in certain cases provided that the respondent participate in a batterer's education program.
Establishes the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to support projects which sustain or enhance fire prevention and response operations, and fire prevention and response services infrastructure and equipment.
Designates open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
Warning lights that volunteer first responders are authorized to use in their personal vehicles when responding to a call specified.
Creates a voluntary program through which registrants of electric and hybrid motor vehicles can request stickers to affix to enclosures housing such vehicles to promote first responders' safety in responding to electrical fires.
Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend for responses to calls and for certain standby services.