Section 27-14 - Ordinances as to fire departments and fire companiesA. The governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies, and chiefs and other officers of such fire departments or fire companies, as it may deem proper, including billing property owners on behalf of volunteer fire departments as provided in § 38.2-2130 and billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency, as defined in § 32.1-111.1 .B. The ordinances shall not require a minor who achieved certification under National Fire Protection Association 1001, level one, firefighter standards, as administered by the Department of Fire Programs, on or before January 1, 2006, between the ages of 15 and 16, to repeat the certification after his sixteenth birthday.Code 1919, § 3127; 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2006, c. 462; 2008, c. 410; 2013, cc. 356, 616; 2015, cc. 502, 503.Amended by Acts 2024 c. 823,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Acts 2015 c. 503, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2015 c. 502, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2013 c. 616, § 1, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by Acts 2013 c. 356, § 1, eff. 7/1/2013.