Who may form a fire company; limit on number of persons in combined companies (§ 27-8)—Virginia Decoded

Who may form a fire company; limit on number of persons in combined companies

Any number of persons, not less than 20, may form themselves into a company for extinguishing fires. In any county in which two or more companies for extinguishing fires join together and singly use one fire station, the number of persons in the combined companies shall be not less than 20.

History

Code 1919, § 3121; 1946, p. 110; 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2015, cc. 502, 503.

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Court Decisions

. . . United States v. Computer Sciences Corporation, John W. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/16/82)
. . . .S.C. § 1341 (Counts 4 through 27); . . .

Pope v. Com. (SCV, 09/04/87)
. . . Marcie had covered at the time of the crime, in 27.8 seconds. The jury was entitled to conclude . . .

. . . Credit Alliance Corporation v. Gary L. Williams, and Penn . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/05/88)
. . . 362(a). See Williford, 715 F.2d at 126-27. . . .

Davis v. Marr (SCV, 01/26/59)
. . . Seymour, 191 Va. 372, 382-3, 61 S.E.2d 23, 27-8, we said that this principle applies to . . .

. . . Franklin D. Strader v. Anthony F. Troy, Attorney General of . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/28/78)
. . . exhaustion principle. Stead v. Link, 540 F.2d 923, 926-27 (8 Cir. 1976) (Bright, J., concurring) . . .

. . . 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 622, 16 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8310 Nora . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/10/78)
. . . also involves heavy labor, largely unskilled, has 27.8% black employees. All of these three . . .

Afanwi v. Mukasey (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/19/08)
. . . presented the claim in an appropriate manner). . . .

. . . Reliable Coal Corporation v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/03/73)
. . . prevent ignitions." Leg.Hist. at 27. . . .

. . . Bruce Baines v. City of Danville, Virginia, Hildreth G. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/21/66)
. . . Act of April 9, 1866, 14 Stat. 27 . . .

. . . South Carolina Generating Company v. Federal Power . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/19/58)
. . . cent bonded debt, 9.4 per cent preferred stock, and 27.8 per cent common equity so that the interest . . .

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Amendment Attempts

SB355: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises terminology and reorganizes provisions. (failed)

HB1584: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology. (passed)

HB581: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises terminology and reorganizes provisions. (failed)

SB355: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises terminology and reorganizes provisions. (failed)

SB938: Fire services and emergency medical services; revises certain terminology. (passed)

HB1765: Fire protection; expands definition of fire company. (passed)