Florida Statutes Title XXXVII. Insurance § 633.504. Definitions

(1) “Firefighter employee” means a firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or individual providing support services who is engaged in any employment, public or private, under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, responding to or assisting with fire or medical emergencies, regardless of whether on duty, except those appointed under s. 590.02(1)(d).

(2) “Firefighter employer” means the state and all political subdivisions of this state, all public and quasi-public corporations in this state, and a person carrying on any employment for this state, political subdivisions of this state, and public and quasi-public corporations in this state which employs firefighter employees, except those appointed under s. 590.02(1)(d).

(3) “Firefighter employment” or “employment” means any service performed by a firefighter employee for the firefighter employer.

(4) “Firefighter place of employment” or “place of employment” means the physical location at which the firefighter employee is employed or deployed.