[Ord. 125, 4/14/1987, § 1]
1.
The following activities are hereby approved as proper activities
within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 1
et seq., and the Township hereby authorizes these activities for the
purposes of said law and coverage under said law:
A.
Fund Raising. It is necessary for volunteer firemen to raise funds
and all activities necessary for fund raising shall be included. A
list of these activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
bingo, carnivals, raffles, barbeques, banquets, festivals, donkey
baseball, Christmas tree sales, door to door solicitation for donations
and other activities deemed reasonably necessary by Old Lycoming Township
Volunteer Fire Company, a nonprofit corporation, or by its officers
for the operating of said fire company. Also to be included shall
be the pick up of supplies, preparation of clean up of events and
all other activities necessary therefore.
B.
Firefighting and ambulance duties included are coming to and from
fires, fire police services, participating in mutual aid with other
companies and communities, attending conventions, parades, meetings,
public fire prevention activities, fire investigations and other duties
that may be reasonably necessary for the function of said Volunteer
Fire Department. Furthermore, to be included are participation in
and public civic functions such as Township meetings, community relations,
working with Police Department of Old Lycoming Township or other municipalities
and traffic and crowd control and assisting those agencies for fund
raising or other civic functions.
C.
Maintenance, equipment and apparatus and property, general office
duties and other administrative duties as well as duties customary
and necessary for the operation of the fire company are included and
authorized.
D.
In addition, members of the Ladies Auxiliary are hereby authorized
to participate in fund raising activities to include such activities
as bingo, carnivals, festivals, barbeques, banquets, Christmas tree
sales, and bake sales.
E.
All activities otherwise necessary in lending assistance at the scene
of an emergency not otherwise covered above.
[Ord. 125, 4/14/1987, § 2]
At an emergency, any stand-by person who offers assistance on
a voluntary basis shall be considered authorized if deputized or asked
to serve by a person in charge of the Old Lycoming Township Volunteer
Fire Service or Fire Company. To be eligible for benefits, a person
must be specifically requested or authorized to participate by the
Fire Chief or other officer in charge at the scene of an emergency.
