(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, “rescue squad”:(1) Means:(A) A department of a municipality, county, or political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization that offers its services, for or without pay, for the purpose of performing rescue services, or for other emergency response purposes, in at least four (4) of the following eleven (11) disciplines:(i) Animal technical rescue;(ii) Rope rescue;(iii) Floodwater rescue;(iv) Vehicle and machinery rescue;(v) Confined space rescue;(vi) Structural collapse rescue;(vii) Swiftwater rescue;(viii) Trench rescue;(ix) Subterranean rescue;(x) Dive rescue; or(xi) Wilderness search and rescue;(2) Means, for purposes of a nonprofit organization:(A) A nonprofit organization in which eighty-five percent (85%) of the nonprofit organization's dedicated team is meeting the national fire protection association 1006 standards for qualifications for each discipline described in subdivision (1)(A);(B) A nonprofit organization in which at least seventy-five percent (75%) of personnel in the dedicated team volunteer or undertake time, resources, and labor to provide emergency response to a county, municipality, or political subdivision; and(C) An organization that qualifies as a nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code, § 501(c)(3) (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)), and chartered in this state; and(3) Does not include law enforcement agencies or emergency medical agencies licensed by the Tennessee emergency medical services board or a fire department as defined in § 68-102-302.
(1) Means:(A) A department of a municipality, county, or political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization that offers its services, for or without pay, for the purpose of performing rescue services, or for other emergency response purposes, in at least four (4) of the following eleven (11) disciplines:(i) Animal technical rescue;(ii) Rope rescue;(iii) Floodwater rescue;(iv) Vehicle and machinery rescue;(v) Confined space rescue;(vi) Structural collapse rescue;(vii) Swiftwater rescue;(viii) Trench rescue;(ix) Subterranean rescue;(x) Dive rescue; or(xi) Wilderness search and rescue;
(A) A department of a municipality, county, or political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization that offers its services, for or without pay, for the purpose of performing rescue services, or for other emergency response purposes, in at least four (4) of the following eleven (11) disciplines:(i) Animal technical rescue;(ii) Rope rescue;(iii) Floodwater rescue;(iv) Vehicle and machinery rescue;(v) Confined space rescue;(vi) Structural collapse rescue;(vii) Swiftwater rescue;(viii) Trench rescue;(ix) Subterranean rescue;(x) Dive rescue; or(xi) Wilderness search and rescue;
(i) Animal technical rescue;
(ii) Rope rescue;
(iii) Floodwater rescue;
(iv) Vehicle and machinery rescue;
(v) Confined space rescue;
(vi) Structural collapse rescue;
(vii) Swiftwater rescue;
(viii) Trench rescue;
(ix) Subterranean rescue;
(x) Dive rescue; or
(xi) Wilderness search and rescue;
(2) Means, for purposes of a nonprofit organization:(A) A nonprofit organization in which eighty-five percent (85%) of the nonprofit organization's dedicated team is meeting the national fire protection association 1006 standards for qualifications for each discipline described in subdivision (1)(A);(B) A nonprofit organization in which at least seventy-five percent (75%) of personnel in the dedicated team volunteer or undertake time, resources, and labor to provide emergency response to a county, municipality, or political subdivision; and(C) An organization that qualifies as a nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code, § 501(c)(3) (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)), and chartered in this state; and
(A) A nonprofit organization in which eighty-five percent (85%) of the nonprofit organization's dedicated team is meeting the national fire protection association 1006 standards for qualifications for each discipline described in subdivision (1)(A);
(B) A nonprofit organization in which at least seventy-five percent (75%) of personnel in the dedicated team volunteer or undertake time, resources, and labor to provide emergency response to a county, municipality, or political subdivision; and
(C) An organization that qualifies as a nonprofit organization under the Internal Revenue Code, § 501(c)(3) (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)), and chartered in this state; and
(3) Does not include law enforcement agencies or emergency medical agencies licensed by the Tennessee emergency medical services board or a fire department as defined in § 68-102-302.