154:1 Organization
154:1-a Finances and Property
154:1-b Firefighter Associations
154:1-bb Municipal Financing; Fire Departments
154:1-c Private Firefighting Units
154:1-d Fire Department Liability; Public Duty Rule; Status of Firefighters
154:2 Powers
154:4 Organization of Firefighters
154:5 Chief Fireward, Engineer, or Fire Chief
154:6 Duties as to Fire Apparatus and Water Supply
154:7 Authority of Fire Officer in Charge
154:7-a Fire Investigations
154:7-b Expeditious Clearance of Roadways
154:8 Duties at Scene of Fires or Other Emergencies
154:8-a Liability Concerning Hazardous Materials Accidents
154:8-b Certain Chemicals Prohibited in Firefighting Foam
154:8-c Firefighting Personal Protective Equipment
154:9 Penalty
154:9-a Conscripted Assistance Limited
154:11 Damages
154:12 Petition to Court
154:13 Right of Way; Penalty
154:14 Street Fires, Etc
154:15 Compensation, Etc., of Chief; Expenses
154:16 Pay of Firefighters
154:17 Where Statute Applicable
154:18 Establishment by the Firewards or Fire Chiefs
154:19 Establishment by Selectmen
154:20 Notice to Repair
154:21 Neglect; Penalty
154:21-a Ordering Building Vacated
154:22 Provision of Ladders and Buckets
154:23 Payment of Penalty
154:24 Outside Service by Local Fire Department
154:25 Rights, Privileges, Immunities
154:26 Loss or Damage
154:27 Donation of Services
154:28 Conditions and Restrictions
154:29 Compensation
154:30 Duties of the State Fire Marshal
154:30-a Formation
154:30-b Organization
154:30-c Powers and Duties
154:30-d Joining and Withdrawal
154:30-e Limitation of Liability
154:30-f Appropriations
154:30-g Definition
154:30-h Gifts
154:31 Appropriations
154:32 Relief for Permanently Disabled Firefighters
154:33 Burial
154:34 Where Applicable

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 154 - Firewards, Firefighters, and Fire Hazards

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • bylaw: when used in reference to legislative action taken by a city, town, county or village district shall have the same meaning as an ordinance and shall be subject to the same procedures for enactment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:45
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • farm: means any land, buildings, or structures on or in which agriculture and farming operations or activities are carried out or conducted and shall include the residence or residences of owners, occupants, or employees located on such land. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:34-a
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • legislative body: shall mean a town meeting, school district meeting, village district meeting, city or town council, mayor and council, mayor and board of aldermen, or, when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county convention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:47
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
  • registered mail: when used in connection with the requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:32-a
  • road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.