To encourage and increase volunteer participation in the Town's
fire and emergency services, there is hereby established a program,
as authorized by General Statutes § 12-81w, to abate the
real and/or personal property taxes due for each fiscal year for a
nonsalaried local emergency management director, any individual who
volunteers his or her services as a firefighter, fire police officer,
as defined in Subsection (a) of § 7-308 of the General Statutes,
emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil preparedness staff,
active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined
in General Statutes § 5-249, active member of a volunteer
underwater search and rescue team, or ambulance driver in the Town,
or any individual who is a retired volunteer firefighter, fire police
officer or emergency medical technician and has completed at least
25 years of service as a volunteer firefighter, fire police officer
or emergency medical technician in the Town.
The provisions of this article shall become effective 15 days
after publication.