In this subchapter:
(1) “Director” means the director of the Texas Forest Service.
(2) “Fund” means the rural volunteer fire department insurance fund.
(3) “Partially paid fire department” means a fire department operated by its members that includes:
(A) some volunteer members; and
(B) not more than 20 paid members.
(4) “Program” means the rural volunteer fire department insurance program.
(5) “Service” means the Texas Forest Service, an agency of The Texas A&M University System.
(6) “Volunteer fire department” means a fire department operated by its members, including a partially paid fire department, that:
(A) is operated on a not-for-profit basis, including a department exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and
(B) participates in a firefighter certification program administered:
(i) under § 419.071;
(ii) by the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas; or
(iii) by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.