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Workers Compensation:
Spousal benefit is 2/3 of the employee's regular weekly wages. If the firefighter had no other source of employment, the benefit rate is the state minimum. Minimum and maximum amounts apply. Upon remarriage, spousal benefit is terminated. Children are considered dependent until age 18, age 25 if full-time student at an accredited school, or longer to an invalid child if incapable of self-support.
Contact: West Virginia Workers' Compensation Division. PO Box 50540, Charleston, WV 25205-0540. Phone: (304) 926-5048 or (800) 628-4265. www.state.wv.us/bep/wc/default.htm.
Funeral:
Maximum of $8,000 for burial expenses.
Contact: West Virginia Workers' Compensation Division. PO Box 50540, Charleston, WV 25205-0540. Phone: (304) 926-5048 or (800) 628-4265. www.state.wv.us/bep/wc/default.htm.
Child's Education:
Tuition waived and some fees covered at state institutions of higher learning. Covers full-time undergraduate education for no more than four years.
Contact: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. 1018 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 700, Charleston, WV 25301. Phone: (304) 558-2101.
Spouse's Education:
Tuition waived and some fees covered at state institutions of higher learning. Covers full-time undergraduate education for no more than four years.
Contact: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. 1018 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 700, Charleston, WV 25301. Phone: (304) 558-2101.
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| Education |
State University Fire Service Extension offers a State Fire School annually. Participants affiliated with fire departments pay a reduced rate.
Contact: Fire Service Extension, West Virginia University. State Fire Training Center, Monongahela Boulevard, Morgantown, WV 26506-6610. Phone: (304) 293-2106. |
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| Workers Compensation |
Departments or municipalities provide coverage through the Workers' Compensation Division. The amount of the benefit is dependent upon the volunteer's regular employment, taking minimums and maximums into account.
Contact: West Virginia Workers' Compensation Division. Phone: 1-800-628-4265. |
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| Funding |
Volunteer fire departments are eligible to receive funding from the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund and the Fire Protection Fund. The Fire Protection Fund receives one-half of one percent of insurance premium state-wide annually and distributes a prescribed amount to each qualifying fire department.
Contact: West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office. 1207 Quarrier St., (2nd Flr.), Charleston, WV 25301. Phone: (304) 558-2191. |
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State funding may be used to pay for Hepatitis B immunizations provided that the vaccine is purchased through the state immunization program or from the lowest cost vendor available. |
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| Legal |
N/A |
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| Malpractice |
The Good Samaritan law was repealed in 1998. |
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| Retirement |
None. |
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N/A |
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Volunteer firefighters are eligible for special license plates. The fee is $10.
Volunteers cannot be terminated from their regular employment because of tardiness or absences caused by the volunteer responding to a fire prior to the time he or she was supposed to report to work. |
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