WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

the State where the department is organized. Except as provided
in subsection (c)(5) of this section, every person who is a
regularly enrolled volunteer member or trainee of the civil
defense corps of this State as established under the Maryland
Emergency Management and Civil Defense Act shall be deemed, for
the purposes of this article, to be in the employment of the
State.

(c) The following employees are exempt from the coverage of
this act:

(5) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of
this paragraph, members of volunteer police departments,
nonsalaried members of boards or commissions, volunteer workers
for agencies or departments of any political subdivisions,
volunteer civil defense members or trainees, members of volunteer
fire departments and rescue squads in the following counties:
Allegany, Carroll, [Cecil,] Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Queen
Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Washington, and Worcester Counties.

(ii) In Charles, St. Mary's, Washington, and
Worcester Counties, members of volunteer fire departments and
rescue squads may be covered under § 34(e) of this article.

34.

(a)  All members of all volunteer fire companies in
Caroline, Kent, Howard, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Frederick,
Montgomery, [and] Queen Anne's, AND CECIL counties, all members
of all rescue squads in Caroline, Kent, Anne Arundel, Calvert,
Frederick, Montgomery, [and] Queen Anne's, AND CECIL counties,
all members of all volunteer fire companies and rescue squads in
Prince George's County which receive payments of funds as
provided in § 650 of the Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County, and all members of the Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad in
Prince George's County, while actually on duty as firemen or
rescue squadmen and as members of such volunteer fire companies
or rescue squads, shall be deemed workmen for wages and engaged
in extra-hazardous employment within the meaning of this article.
All such members shall be deemed to be on duty within the meaning
hereof whenever they are (a) fighting a fire or while engaged as
members of any ambulance, first aid, or rescue squad created
within such fire companies; or (b) performing work or duties
assigned to them by such companies or squads or by the written
bylaws or rules of government adopted for such companies or
squads; or (c) going to or returning from the performance of any
of the foregoing. Such members shall not be deemed on duty when
they are attending social functions at which their attendance or
participation is not required by such written bylaws or rules.

(b)  Compensation for injury or death shall be based upon
the salary or wages received by a volunteer fireman or volunteer
rescue squadman in his private employment. Any volunteer fireman

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