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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 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). · cites it 3× “) Penal Code section 245.1 provides, in pertinent part: “As used in Section 148.”
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