Definitions

15 U.S. Code § 2203. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term—
(1)
“Academy” means the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control;
(2)
“Administration” means the United States Fire Administration established pursuant to section 2204 of this title;
(3)
“Administrator” means, except as otherwise provided, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, within the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(4)
“Administrator of FEMA” means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(5)
“fire service” means any organization in any State consisting of personnel, apparatus, and equipment which has as its purpose protecting property and maintaining the safety and welfare of the public from the dangers of fire, including a private firefighting brigade. The personnel of any such organization may be paid employees or unpaid volunteers or any combination thereof. The location of any such organization and its responsibility for extinguishment and suppression of fires may include, but need not be limited to, a Federal installation, a State, city, town, borough, parish, county, Indian tribe, fire district, fire protection district, rural fire district, or other special district. The terms “fire prevention”, “firefighting”, and “fire control” relate to activities conducted by a fire service;
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