§ 205. Payments to injured or representatives of deceased volunteer\nfirefighters. 1. If an active member of a volunteer fire company in any\ncity, incorporated village or in any fire district of a town outside of\nan incorporated village or in any part of a town protected by a\nvolunteer fire company incorporated under the provisions of the\nmembership corporations law, or if an active member of any duly\norganized volunteer fire company, dies from injuries incurred while in\nthe performance of his or her duties as such firefighter or as a member\nof a fire department emergency relief squad, a fire police squad or a\nfire patrol within one year thereafter, the city, village, fire district\nor town which is responsible as provided in subdivision four of this\nsection shall pay as follows:\n a. If such volunteer firefighter is a member of a volunteer fire\ncompany located in any city in which a pension fund is maintained, the\nrelatives of such volunteer firefighter shall be entitled to a pension\nin the same manner and at the same rates as if he or she were a member\nof the paid fire department of such city.\n b. If in any other place the sum of three thousand dollars shall be\npaid to the widow or widower of such deceased volunteer firefighter or\nto the executor or administrator of his or her estate if he or she is\nnot survived by a widow or widower. In addition there shall be paid to\nthe widow or widower of such volunteer firefighter for the benefit of\nsuch child or children the sum of twenty-five dollars a month for each\nsurviving child, including a posthumous child, of such deceased\nfirefighter under the age of eighteen years, but not more than a total\nof fifty dollars a month for all such children, or if the decedent be\nnot survived by a widow or widower, or if he or she dies before the\npayments cease, then such payments for a child or children shall be made\nto their guardian or to relatives with whom they are living for their\nbenefit.\n 2. Any such volunteer firefighter who shall become permanently\nincapacitated for performing the full duties of a volunteer firefighter\nby reason of disease or disability caused or induced by actual\nperformance of the duties of his or her position, without fault or\nmisconduct on his or her part, shall\n a. If a member of a volunteer fire company located in any city in\nwhich a pension fund is maintained, be paid a pension in the same manner\nand at the same rate as if he or she were a member of the paid fire\ndepartment of such city.\n b. If a member of a volunteer fire company in any other place, be paid\none-half the amount which would have been payable in case of death to\nhis or her executor or administrator under the provisions of subdivision\none of this section;\n Provided, however, that if such volunteer firefighter shall at the\nexpiration of the disability payments provided for in subdivision three\nof this section be totally incapacitated to engage in any occupation for\nremuneration or profit by reason of disease or disability caused by\nactual performance of the duties of his or her position, without fault\nor misconduct on his or her part, he or she shall be paid the sum of\nfifteen dollars per week during the period thereafter that such total\nincapacity shall continue and, in addition thereto, during such period\nthere shall be paid to him or her for the benefit of his or her child or\nchildren the sum of twelve dollars fifty cents a month for each child\nunder the age of eighteen years, but not more than a total of\ntwenty-five dollars a month for all such children, but no payment on\naccount of a child shall continue after such child shall have attained\nthe age of eighteen years. In the event payments to a volunteer\nfirefighter and his or her children on account of total incapacity, as\nheretofore in this subdivision provided, shall not have amounted to the\nsum to which he or she would otherwise have been entitled on account of\npermanent incapacit
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