Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Fire and Emergency Service" means the Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service established under Section 4 and includes the Fire and Emergency Service of local authorities or municipal corporations; (b) "Director" means the Director of the Fire and Emergency Service appointed by the State Government; (c) "Fire Station" means any post or place declared generally or specially by the State Government to be a fire station; (d) "Fire Fighting Property" includes— (i) lands and buildings used for the purposes of the Fire and Emergency Service; (ii) fire engines, equipments, tools, implements and things whatsoever used for fire fighting; (iii) motor vehicles and other means of transport used in connection with the Fire and Emergency Service; (iv) animals and equipment for using the same in the Fire and Emergency Service; (e) "Local Authority" means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 18 of 1956), the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961) or a Gram Panchayat constituted under the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994); (f) "Member of Service" means a person appointed under this Act and holding a post in the Fire and Emergency Service; (g) "Officer-in-charge" includes any officer of the Fire and Emergency Service authorised by the Director or an officer authorised by the Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service to be in-charge of a fire station or fire fighting operations; (h) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) "Service" means the Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service established under this Act; (j) "State Government" means the Government of Chhattisgarh; (k) "Building" includes any house, out-house, stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut, wall or any other structure, whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or other material for the time being affixed to the land; (l) "Occupier" includes— (a) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable; (b) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land or building; (c) a rent-free tenant of any land or building; (d) a licensee in occupation of any land or building; and (e) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building; (m) "Owner" includes a person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, the rent of any land or building, whether on his own account or on account of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver for any other person or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent if the land or building were let to a tenant; (n) "Hazardous Material" means any substance or material which by reason of its chemical or physical properties, poses or involves an unreasonable risk of bodily injury, death or harm to property; (o) "Fire and Emergency Service Officer" means any person appointed under this Act to be a member of the Fire and Emergency Service.