NY Gen Mun L § 204-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 10 - Firefighters and Police Officers 204-B - Youth Programs.

§  204-b.  Youth  programs.  1.  Volunteer  fire  departments and fire   companies may establish, operate and maintain youth programs to  provide   participants  with  the opportunity to become familiar with the programs   and operations of fire departments, to  provide  programs  in  community   fire  safety, fire prevention, and public fire prevention education, and   to curtail false fire alarms by developing community  wide  respect  for   the fire service.2. Volunteer fire departments and fire companies shall establish rules   and   regulations  governing  youth  programs  established  pursuant  to   subdivision one hereof, which shall include the minimum and maximum  age   for   participation,   the   procedure  for  participation,  removal  or   expulsion, residence, and provision for  adequate  supervision  of  such   programs.3.  It  shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any volunteer   fire  department  or  fire  company,  any  member  or  members  thereof,   officers,  board  of  fire  commissioners or other body or office having   authority to determine eligibility for participation  in  such  programs   pursuant to this section, to exclude or expel from participation in such   programs  any  individual because of race, creed, color, sex or national   origin, or to discriminate against  any  participant  because  of  race,   creed, color or national origin.4.  No  person  shall  participate in such program without the written   consent of his or her parent or guardian. Such  consent  shall  continue   until  withdrawn.  If  withdrawn,  participation  in  such program shall   automatically terminate.5. All activities of participants in such program shall be approved in   advance by the  chief,  or  his  designee.  No  activities  may  include   emergency  duties  in  connection  with  fire department or fire company   operations or any other hazardous activity.6. Participants in such programs shall not be eligible for any benefit   provided by the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.7. Volunteer fire departments and fire companies may purchase accident   insurance to insure participants in  such  programs  against  injury  or   death  resulting  from  bodily  injuries  sustained  in  performance  of   approved activities. In addition, they may purchase insurance to protect   against  liability  arising  from  approved  activities.  The  insurance   purchased  pursuant to this subdivision may include medical and hospital   coverage.8. No youth program shall be established pursuant to  subdivision  one   of  this  section  unless  authorized  as  follows:  in a city the youth   program must be authorized by the board of fire commissioners  or  other   body  or  officer  having  control  of fire department; in a village the   program must be approved by the board of fire commissioners or, if there   is no board of fire commissioners, the village board of trustees;  in  a   fire  district  the  program  must  be  authorized  by the board of fire   commissioners; in a town outside  a  village  or  a  fire  district  the   program must be authorized by the town board.