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California Penal Code Section 245.1

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As used in Sections 148.2, 241, 243, 244.5, and 245, "fireman"
or "firefighter" includes any person who is an officer, employee or
member of a fire department or fire protection or firefighting agency
of the federal government, the State of California, a city, county,
city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation
or political subdivision of this state, whether  this person is a
volunteer or partly paid or fully paid.
   As used in Section 148.2, "emergency rescue personnel" means any
person who is an officer, employee or member of a fire department or
fire protection or firefighting agency of the federal government, the
State of California, a city, county, city and county, district, or
other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision of
this state, whether  this person is a volunteer or partly paid or
fully paid, while he or she is actually engaged in the on-the-site
rescue of persons or property during an emergency as defined by
subdivision (c) of Section 148.3.

Last modified: January 12, 2009