West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 87 - Fire Commission › Title 87 - LEGISLATIVE RULE FIRE COMMISSION › Series 87-06 - Certification And Evaluation Of Local Fire Departments › Section 87-6-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this Rule, the following words and terms shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
2.1. "Certification" refers
				to the State Fire Commission's formal acceptance and approval of a new, local
				fire department to carry out fire fighting, fire suppression and rescue
				operations in this State, pursuant to the procedures for application, review
				and approval that are set forth in this rule. Certification of new fire
				departments also constitutes the initial, formal recognition of that
				department.
2.2. "Commission" means
				the West Virginia State Fire Commission.
2.3 "Dual Response Area" refers to an area,
				defined by a mutual aid agreement or designated by the Commission, in which
				more than one local fire department may respond or may be called upon for
				initial response to a fire, threat of fire, or public emergency. The term "dual
				response area" is not mutually incompatible with the designation of a "first
				due area" and a dual response area may overlap, or comprise all or a portion
				of, a designated first due area.
2.4. "Fire Department" and "Local Fire
				Department" means an organization, constituted as either an administrative
				department of a local government authority or an independently-chartered
				corporation, that is established for the principal purpose of fighting and
				preventing fires. For the purposes of this Rule, the term "fire department"
				shall also include those entities, so organized, using the name "fire company"
				or referred to as a fire company within the West Virginia Code.
2.5. "Fire Protection District" means a
				geographical area established by the Commission, within fire protection
				boundaries approved by the Commission, for the administration of fire
				protection and emergency response programs.
2.6. "First Due Area" means a fire protection
				district for which the Commission has assigned primary responsibility to a
				local fire department to provide fire protection and rescue services.
2.7. "ISO" refers to a national organization,
				ISO Properties, Inc., also known as the Insurance Services Office, that
				provides research, products, programs, and information on matters of insurance
				and risk management.
2.8. "Mutual
				Aid Agreement" is an agreement between a local fire department and another fire
				department, or governmental authority having jurisdiction over such other fire
				department, for the common protection of people and property from fire, for the
				reciprocal provision of emergency and rescue services and for the reciprocal
				use of equipment and personnel for these purposes.
2.9. "Recognition" refers to the State Fire
				Commission's formal acceptance and acknowledgment of the current qualifications
				of a local fire department to carry out fire fighting, fire suppression and
				rescue operations in this State.
2.10. "State Fire Marshal" refers to the West
				Virginia State Fire Marshal and representatives duly authorized by the State
				Fire Marshal to act on his or her behalf.