Section 245.1 Of Chapter 9. Assault And Battery From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
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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.