- "Award." The Keystone First Responder Award awarded under this subchapter.
- "Emergency medical services provider." As defined in section 8103 (relating to definitions).
"First responder." Any of the following:
- (1) An emergency medical services provider, firefighter or member of a rescue company.
- (2) A peace officer.
- (3) A 911 dispatcher.
- (4) A coroner or medical examiner who responds in an official capacity to an emergency.
- (5) A corrections officer.
- (6) A Federal law enforcement officer.
- (7) A county or local emergency management coordinator.
- "In the line of duty." The term includes the time spent at the scene of and travel to and from a bona fide emergency or, in the case of a 911 dispatcher, suffering a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty or not later than 24 hours after participating in any job-required training or exercise or performing dispatching duties in response to a 911 emergency call is presumed to have died as a result of the performance of his duties for purposes of this act.
- "Peace officer." As defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 501 (relating to definitions).
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: