(a) The superintendent of any state institution shall have the power to enter into agreements with any town, city, borough, fire district or other governmental subdivision having the duty to extinguish fires within its limits or any volunteer fire department respecting mutual fire protection, including, but not limited to, arrangements respecting use of fire fighting equipment and the services of such personnel of such institution who are members of an institutional fire brigade.
(b) Any employee of a state institution who is a member of its regular or volunteer fire department or institutional fire brigade who is injured or dies as a result of responding to, working at or returning from a fire outside of such institution, in accordance with an agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section with the municipality in which the fire occurred, shall be deemed to have been injured in the course of his employment and he and his estate shall be entitled to all the benefits of title 5 and chapter 568, provided the superintendent of such institution shall have authorized his service at such fire.
(c) The superintendent of any such institution may withhold the services of any member of the regular, volunteer or institutional fire brigade for fire fighting duty outside of such institution by reason of his assignment to regular or special duties at such institution.
(1961, P.A. 288; P.A. 05-288, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 4 - Management of State Agencies
Chapter 48 - Organization of State Agencies
Section 4-38c. - Departments within the executive branch.
Section 4-38e. - Receipt of federal aid by successor agency or authority.
Section 4-38h. - Rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614*.
Section 4-38i. - Collective bargaining rights of state employees unaffected by public act 77-614.
Section 4-38j. - Reports to General Assembly on program and implementation of reorganization.
Section 4-40. - Determination of salaries not prescribed by law.
Section 4-40a. - Compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
Section 4-41 to 4-50. - Regulations of state agencies.
Section 4-51. - Seals for state departments.
Section 4-52. - Trustee account defined.
Section 4-53. - Establishment of trustee accounts.
Section 4-54. - Management of trustee accounts.
Section 4-55. - Statement of trustee account operations.
Section 4-56. - Separate account for student or client funds.
Section 4-57. - Financial reports on general welfare funds.
Section 4-57a. - Activity fund for inmates. Management of fund. Correctional General Welfare Fund.
Section 4-58. - Disposition of unclaimed property in custody of heads of state institutions.
Section 4-58a. - Mutual aid fire pacts between state institutions and municipalities.
Section 4-59. - Forms of reports to state officers.
Section 4-60. - Annual reports of budgeted agencies.
Section 4-60a to 4-60c. - State Planning Council.
Section 4-60d. - Legislative Committee on State Planning and Development.
Section 4-60e. - Existing rights and duties of state agencies not affected.
Section 4-60k. - Demonstration programs.
Section 4-60m and 4-60n. - Direction of agency improvements and changes. Plan and report.
Section 4-60o. - Office of Child Day Care.
Section 4-60p. - State agencies as members of public-private consortia.
Section 4-60q. - Toll-free telephone access to state agencies.
Section 4-60t. - Posting of manuals and guidance documents on Internet web site.
Section 4-61. - Actions against the state on highway and public works contracts. Arbitration.
Section 4-61a. - Inventions and discoveries by state employees.
Section 4-61aa. - Committee to advise state Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator.
Section 4-61hh. - Volunteers in state government. Definitions.
Section 4-61ii. - Volunteer programs within state agencies.
Section 4-61jj. - Incidental benefits. Fulfillment of experience or training requirements.
Section 4-61kk. - Exemption from title 5. Compliance with regulations.
Section 4-61ll. - Benefits or reimbursements to volunteers.
Section 4-61m. - Council on Voluntary Action. Director. Duties.
Section 4-61mm. - Evaluation of volunteer program to be included in annual report.
Section 4-61nn. - Adaptation of administration of tests to needs of persons with disabilities.
Section 4-61t. - Committee on Career Entry and Mobility. Members. Duties.
Section 4-61w. - Composition of employees in career mobility program.