The purpose and objective of this article is
to recognize the Greenwood Hose Company No. 1, Inc., as the duly recognized
volunteer fire department for the Borough of Moosic and to designate
those duties and activities and ancillary activities and duties which
the fire department desires to perform. These duties and activities
are as follows:
A. The volunteer fire department recognized by the Borough
of Moosic is authorized to actively engage in fire fighting within
the boundaries of Moosic Borough and to respond to out-of-jurisdiction
calls pursuant to authorization of a written mutual aid agreement
or a written agreement for first call service or special calls on
an individual basis.
B. A volunteer fire fighter may engage only in those
acts which are recognized as fire-fighting activities. Such acts are
limited to the following activities of a fire fighter while actually
engaged as a fire fighter:
(1) The fire fighter's act of going to and returning from
any fire, or report of fire, which the fire department of which they
are a member shall have attended, or intended to attend;
(2) The fire fighter's participation in fire-fighting
instruction and fire drills which the company of which they are a
member shall attend;
(3) The fire fighter's participation in repair and other
work on fire apparatus, buildings and grounds of the fire department
or fire department which work is specifically authorized by the chief
of the Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1, Inc.; and
(4) The fire fighter's performance in responding to any
emergency call for any purpose, or while riding upon the fire apparatus
owned by the Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1, Inc., of which they are a member.
C. A volunteer fire fighter may engage only in those
acts which are recognized as emergency medical activities. Such acts
are limited to the following activities of a fire fighter while actually
engaged as a fire fighter:
(1) The fire fighter's act of going to and returning from
any medical emergency, or report of medical emergency, which the fire
department of which they are a member shall have attended, or intended
to attend;
(2) The fire fighter's participation in emergency medical
instruction and/or drills which the fire department of which they
are a member shall attend;
(3) The fire fighter's participation in repair and/or
other work on emergency medical apparatus, buildings and grounds of
the fire department or fire department which work is specifically
authorized by the chief of the Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1, Inc.; and
(4) The fire fighter's performance in responding to any
emergency call for any purpose, or while riding upon the emergency
medical apparatus owned or used by the Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1, Inc.,
of which they are a member.
D. A volunteer fire fighter may engage only in those
acts which are required during natural and/or man-made disaster/storms/incidents
to conduct public safety services.
E. Acts, duties and activities related to the police
of the Greenwood Hose Company.
The Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. may openly
participate in certain ancillary activities and/or duties after obtaining
the separate written or verbal approval of the governing body of each
organization following official action by the governing body granting
such approval. The following ancillary activities and/or duties are
specifically embraced and authorized:
A. Training activities, including seminars and meetings.
D. Participation in parades and fund-raising activities
of another fire department(s) and/or ambulance corps and/or fire rescue.
E. Travel to and from any event or activity defined in Subsections
A through
D above.
F. Going to or from Greenwood and Hose Co. No. 1, Inc.
sponsored social functions, such as, but not limited to, clambakes,
picnics and installation banquets.
G. Regularly scheduled monthly meetings of the Greenwood
Hose Co. No. 1, Inc.
H. Committee meetings of the Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1,
Inc. as scheduled and/or announced.
I. Special meetings called by the Greenwood Hose Co.
No. 1, Inc., officers, directors or committee chairman.
The legislative intent of this article is to
extend worker's compensation coverage to the members of the Greenwood
Hose Co. No. 1, Inc., and official recognition of said fire company
under the provision of the Political Subdivision Tort Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 8541 to 8564.