In 2008, Staggers authored legislation extending a tax break to volunteer firefighters excusing them from tax that are due beyond what is already withheld from paychecks.

To volunteer firefighters?

The session granted an exemption from jury duty to volunteer firefighters and a means of promoting better fire protection.

He called the "militia very similar in character and motivation to volunteer firefighters."

The county is exploring legislation that would give a tax break to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical workers who have served at least five years in communities where there is no paid fire department or ambulance corps.

It may often refer to volunteer firefighters that do not qualify as volunteers under the United States Department of Labor.

The program could be made available to volunteer firefighters for special emergencies, Dr. Cosse said.

On the assembly floor, the men, many of them volunteer firefighters in neighboring towns, feel a special kinship to the F.D.N.Y. order.

Some combination departments use Nextel cell phones as well as alpha pagers with priority service contracts to dispatch information to volunteer firefighters.

THE Towns of Babylon and Huntington have voted to become the first municipalities on Long Island to award a partial property tax exemption to volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel.