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Cal. Penal Code § 245.1 (2026)
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As used in Sections 148.2, 241, 243, 244.5, and 245, “fireman” or “firefighter” includes any person who is an officer, employee or member of a fire department or fire protection or firefighting agency of the federal government, the State of California, a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state, whether this person is a volunteer or partly paid or fully paid.
As used in Section 148.2, “emergency rescue personnel” means any person who is an officer, employee or member of a fire department or fire protection or firefighting agency of the federal government, the State of California, a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state, whether this person is a volunteer or partly paid or fully paid, while he or she is actually engaged in the on-the-site rescue of persons or property during an emergency as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 148.3.
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case, 1986–1986 · leading case: People v. Olsen, 186 Cal. App. 3d 257 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986).
People v. Olsen, 186 Cal. App. 3d 257 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “) Penal Code section 245.1 provides, in pertinent part: “As used in Section 148.”
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