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Statutes > West-virginia > 08 > 8-15-8a§8-15-8a. Eligibility for allocation from municipal pensions and protection fund and the fire protection fund.
In order to be eligible to receive revenues allocated from the municipal pensions and protection fund or the fire protection fund, each volunteer or part volunteer fire company or department must meet the requirements listed in subdivisions (a) through (c) of this section.
Each volunteer or part volunteer fire company or department must:
(a) Submit and maintain current submission of fire loss data to the state fire marshal, including verification, by notarized statement, if no fire loss has occurred;
(b) Complete or be in the process of receiving firefighters training, including section one of the West Virginia university fire service extension or its equivalent. Such fire company or department must have at least ten members certified as having completed such training or if a volunteer fire company or department has twenty or fewer members, fifty percent of the active volunteer members must have completed such training; and
(c) Comply with all applicable federal and state laws.
