{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s1856","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1856.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1856.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this subchapter\u2014\n(a) The term \u201cagency head\u201d means the head of any executive department, military department, agency, or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government;\n(b) The term \u201cfire protection\u201d includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire,,\n1\n1 So in original.\n(c) The term \u201cfire organization\u201d means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country in the vicinity of any installation of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s1856.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1856","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1856."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1856/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cagency head\u201d means the head of any executive department, military department, agency, or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1856/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cfire protection\u201d includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire,,","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original.","tail":" fire fighting, and emergency services, including basic medical support, basic and advanced life support, hazardous material containment and confinement, and special rescue events involving vehicular and water mishaps, and trench, building, and confined space extractions; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s1856/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cfire organization\u201d means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country in the vicinity of any installation of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}