§ 200-a. Volunteer firefighters serving in more than one fire company
or fire department. When any person has served as a volunteer
firefighter as provided in section two hundred of this article, for less
than five years, and while in good standing in the company or department
of which he or she was a member, has resigned therefrom or has been
transferred from one company to another, he or she shall be entitled to
a certificate as provided in section two hundred two of this article for
the time he or she has actually served. And when any person has served
five years as a volunteer firefighter in one or more companies or
departments, as provided in section two hundred of this article, he or
she shall be deemed an exempt volunteer firefighter and entitled to all
the rights and privileges of an exempt volunteer firefighter.