Title 7, Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-301. Establishment of fire department. Any town may provide by ordinance for the protection of property within its limits from fire and for the establishment of a town fire department and for the management, discipline and control thereof by the board of selectmen or, if t…

Sec. 7-302. Hearing prior to dismissal of fire department head. Appeal. No active head of any fire department of any town, city or borough shall be dismissed unless he has been given notice in writing of the specific grounds for such dismissal and an opportunity to be heard in hi…

Sec. 7-303. “Municipality”, “work” and “duty” defined. The following words as used in sections 7-303 to 7-306, inclusive, shall have the following meanings: “Municipality” includes each town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, school district, fire, sewer …

Sec. 7-304. Participation of municipalities. (a) Any municipality may by ordinance adopt an average work week of fifty-six hours for permanent paid fire personnel as provided in sections 7-303 to 7-306, inclusive. (b) The legislative body of such municipality may, by ordinance, o…

Sec. 7-305. Work week. The work week for all permanent paid members of the uniformed firefighter force for municipalities adopting sections 7-303 to 7-306, inclusive, shall be an average work week of not more than fifty-six hours, computed over a period of one fiscal or calendar …

Sec. 7-306. Earnings. There shall be no diminution in the weekly earnings of the employees concerned, nor shall there be any lessening of any of their existing rights and privileges, as the result of the adoption of the work week provided in sections 7-303 to 7-306, inclusive. (1…

Sec. 7-307. Age requirement for veterans. Section 7-307 is repealed. (1949, S. 430d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 14; 1959, P.A. 247.)

Sec. 7-308. Liability of volunteer firefighter, volunteer ambulance member or volunteer fire police officer. (a) As used in this section, “municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-314; “fire duties” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-314; “ambulance …

Sec. 7-309. Liability for damage caused by motor vehicle used for fire fighting. Section 7-309 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 680; 1959, P.A. 446, S. 2.)

Sec. 7-310. Operation of fire equipment in and provision of personnel and assistance to other municipality. Any city, town, borough, fire district, independent fire department or independent fire company may locate, use, man and operate fire stations, fire apparatus, ambulances, …

Sec. 7-310a. Municipal and volunteer fire department fire apparatus inspection, maintenance and testing requirements. Each municipal and volunteer fire department shall maintain (1) the pump and aerial components of such department's fire apparatus in compliance with the inspecti…

Sec. 7-311. Liability for delay in reporting fire or other emergency. No person, corporation, partnership or association which is authorized by any town, city or borough fire department or by any volunteer fire company to receive any report of fire or other emergency, including b…

Sec. 7-312. Liability as to use of water holes. Any municipality, as defined in section 7-314, or any property owner on behalf of any such municipality, may construct or maintain open water holes for the purpose of providing fire protection for such municipality, and no such muni…

Sec. 7-313. Fire police. Section 7-313 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 666; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 7.)

Sec. 7-313a. Fire police. The authorities having the supervision of the fire department of any town, city, borough or district may appoint such number of fire department members or other persons, within available appropriations, as they deem necessary to be fire police officers o…

Sec. 7-313b. Authority of fire department officer to order removal of persons. Section 7-313b is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1961, P.A. 131; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 7-313c. Indemnification for educational expenses. (a) Any town, city or borough subject to the approval of its legislative body, shall indemnify any paid or volunteer member of its fire department who, after October 1, 1969, has commenced and has successfully completed a cou…

Sec. 7-313d. Local fire department's authority to inspect state facilities. Each local fire department or company shall have the authority to annually inspect, for fire protection purposes, any building or facility owned, operated or leased by the state and located within the jur…

Sec. 7-313e. Authority of fire officer during emergency. Determination of whether death of firefighter caused by a cardiac event, stroke or pulmonary embolism occurred in line of duty. (a) Notwithstanding any provision in the general statutes or a municipal ordinance to the contr…

Sec. 7-313f. Authority of fire chiefs at certain state facilities. Notwithstanding section 7-313e or any other provision of the general statutes, or any provision of a municipal ordinance, the fire chief of the fire department at The University of Connecticut at Storrs, The Unive…

Sec. 7-313g. “Firefighter” defined. For purposes of this section and sections 3-123, 7-313h to 7-313k inclusive, and 29-303, “firefighter” shall include any (1) local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire investigator, fire inspector and such other classes of inspectors and inv…

Sec. 7-313h. Firefighters cancer relief account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “firefighters cancer relief account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited…

Sec. 7-313i. Firefighters cancer relief subcommittee established. Determination and remittance of wage replacement benefits. (a) There is established a firefighters cancer relief subcommittee of the Connecticut State Firefighters Association that shall consist of one member from …

Sec. 7-313j. Firefighters cancer relief program established. (a) There is established a firefighters cancer relief program, the purpose of which is to provide wage replacement benefits to firefighters who are diagnosed with certain conditions of cancer as a result of their servic…

Sec. 7-313k. Annual report re firefighters cancer relief account and firefighters cancer relief program. Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, shall submit a report, in ac…

Sec. 7-313l. Firefighter training on resilience and self-care techniques. In consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee and any other state o…

Sec. 7-313m. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date). Grants to distressed municipalities for volunteer firefighter training. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the chief of a volunteer fire department for a distressed municipality, …

Sec. 7-313n. Firefighters cancer relief account. Municipal contributions. (a) Each municipality within the state shall annually contribute, not later than December fifteenth of each year, ten dollars per firefighter within such municipality's district to the firefighters cancer r…

Sec. 7-313o. Firefighter turnout gear. Maintenance and remediation of toxic substances. (a) The Joint Council of Connecticut Fire Service Organizations, in consultation with the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, must come up with a joint plan for maintenance and remedia…

Sec. 7-313p. Benefits for firefighters with cancer diagnosis resulting in death or disability. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Firefighter” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-313g; (2) “Compensation” has the same meaning as provided in section 31-275; (3) “Munic…

Sec. 7-313q. Firefighters cancer relief fund advisory committee established. Annual report. (a) There is established a firefighters cancer relief fund advisory committee to annually evaluate the financial solvency of the firefighters cancer relief account established in section 7…

Sec. 7-313r. Treasurer annual report to firefighters cancer relief fund advisory committee. (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Connecticut State Firefighters Association, shall submit a report to the advisory co…

Sec. 7-314. Definitions. Exemption from Freedom of Information Act. (a) Wherever used in this section and sections 7-314a and 7-322a, the word “municipality” includes each town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city, borough, school district, fire distri…

Sec. 7-314a. Death, disability and injury benefits. Presumption. (a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section, active members of volunteer fire departments and active members of organizations certified as a volunteer ambulance service in accordance with secti…

Sec. 7-314b. Collection of workers' compensation benefits by volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services. (a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company or department engaged in volunteer fire duties or any active member of an organization certified as a…

Sec. 7-314c. Assumption of liability by the state for volunteer firefighters. The liability of a municipality shall not be affected by the implementation of sections 7-314a and 7-314b due to the assumption of liability by the state for benefits paid pursuant to the provisions of …

Secs. 7-315 to 7-322. Death benefits; payments for injuries, for treatment of injuries and occupational disease and for total disability; insurance to provide payments; notice of claim; investigation of claim; benefits exempt from attachment. Sections 7-315 to 7-322, inclusive, a…

Sec. 7-322a. Benefits for volunteers rendering service to another fire company. Any active member of a volunteer fire company who offers his services to an officer or person in charge of another fire company which is actively engaged in fire duties, and whose services are accepte…

Sec. 7-322b. Volunteers serving in municipality where employed. Fire and ambulance leaves. Enactment by municipality. List of participating members. Benefits. (a) Any active member of a volunteer fire company, as defined in section 7-314, or any emergency medical technician, as d…

Sec. 7-322c. Employers prohibited from discharging or discriminating against employees who are volunteer firefighters or members of volunteer ambulance services due to volunteer service. Remedies. (a) No employer shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, or in any manner discri…

Sec. 7-322d. Election of officers. Ballots exempt from Freedom of Information Act. Nothing in chapter 14 shall be construed to require the disclosure of secret ballots used for the election of an officer of a volunteer fire department. (P.A. 11-220, S. 4.)

Sec. 7-323. Application of part. Section 7-323 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 919; 1967, P.A. 892, S. 4.) PART V POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN SURVIVORS' BENEFIT FUND

Sec. 7-323a. Definitions. As used in this part: “Municipality” and “legislative body” shall each have the same meaning ascribed to it in section 7-425; “participating municipality” means any municipality which votes to accept the provisions of this part; “fund” means the Policeme…

Sec. 7-323b. Acceptance of part. Any municipality may, by ordinance, accept the provisions of this part, as to its policemen or firemen, or both, but such acceptance shall not repeal, amend or replace, or affect the continuance of, any pension system established in such municipal…

Sec. 7-323c. Benefit fund established. There is established a fund which shall be known as the Policemen and Firemen Survivors' Benefit Fund. The fund shall consist of contributions received from the following sources: (a) Each full-time paid policeman and fireman covered by a mu…

Sec. 7-323d. Actuarial studies of fund experience. The Retirement Commission shall make a complete actuarial study of the experience of the fund at intervals of not more than five years and shall thereupon readjust the contributions to be made by municipalities. (1963, P.A. 390, …