Classification sub-group 802-02 - Emergency firefighters

Industry sector 8 – Public administration

Rate risk category N/A

Included	Similar but classified elsewhere
Individuals engaged on a casual as-needed basis by a municipal body to perform firefighting duties on a volunteer basis. Volunteer fire brigades are usually in rural areas where there is not enough public funding or need to employ full-time fire fighters. Premiums are calculated based on the number of individuals engaged on an annual basis multiplied by a flat “headcount” rate. (Emergency fire fighters are covered under Subsection 1(4) of the Workers’ Compensation Act.)	Volunteer ambulance drivers are found under 802-03 – Emergency ambulance workers. A municipal fire brigade operated with paid workers is found under 801-02 – Municipal operations

Included

Similar but classified elsewhere

Individuals engaged on a casual as-needed basis by a municipal body to perform firefighting duties on a volunteer basis.
Volunteer fire brigades are usually in rural areas where there is not enough public funding or need to employ full-time fire fighters.
Premiums are calculated based on the number of individuals engaged on an annual basis multiplied by a flat “headcount” rate.
(Emergency fire fighters are covered under Subsection 1(4) of the Workers’ Compensation Act.)

Volunteer ambulance drivers are found under 802-03 – Emergency ambulance workers.
A municipal fire brigade operated with paid workers is found under 801-02 – Municipal operations