PENNSYLVANIA, May 10 - HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE TEAM, RESCUE SQUAD OR PENNSYLVANIA

CIVIL AIR PATROL OR OTHER PERSON IN CHARGE WHILE ANSWERING ANY

EMERGENCY CALLS FOR ANY PURPOSE OR WHILE RIDING UPON ANY

VEHICLES WHICH ARE OWNED OR USED BY THE AMBULANCE SERVICE,

CERTIFIED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE TEAM, RESCUE SQUAD OR

PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL AIR PATROL.

(D) UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH CERTIFICATION, THE COMMONWEALTH

SHALL, FROM MONEYS PAYABLE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, PAY TO THE

SURVIVING SPOUSE OR, IF THERE IS NO SURVIVING SPOUSE, TO THE

MINOR CHILDREN OF THE PAID FIREFIGHTER, AMBULANCE SERVICE OR

RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO DIED AS A

RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTY THE SUM OF

$100,000, ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS

SECTION AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE MONTHLY SALARY, ADJUSTED IN

ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION, OF THE DECEASED

PAID FIREFIGHTER, AMBULANCE SERVICE OR RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER OR

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, LESS ANY WORKERS' COMPENSATION OR

PENSION OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS PAID TO SUCH SURVIVORS, AND SHALL

CONTINUE SUCH MONTHLY PAYMENTS UNTIL THERE IS NO ELIGIBLE

BENEFICIARY TO RECEIVE THEM. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSECTION,

THE TERM "ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARY" MEANS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OR

THE CHILD OR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS OR, IF

ATTENDING COLLEGE, UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE YEARS, OF THE

FIREFIGHTER, AMBULANCE SERVICE OR RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER OR LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF

HIS OR HER DUTY. WHEN NO SPOUSE OR MINOR CHILDREN SURVIVE, A

SINGLE SUM OF $100,000, ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION

(F) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE PAID TO THE PARENT OR PARENTS OF

SUCH FIREFIGHTER, AMBULANCE SERVICE MEMBER, RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER

OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

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