SOP_NUMBER: 511.04-att-1
TITLE: Inmate Firefighter Waiver of Liability
REFERENCE_CODE: IVN04-0001
DIVISION: Facilities
TOPIC_AREA: 511 Policy-Fire Services
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2011-04-01
WORD_COUNT: 155
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105848
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.04-att-1/

SUMMARY:
This document is a waiver form that inmate firefighters must sign to voluntarily participate in the Georgia Department of Corrections Fire Department. The form confirms that inmates understand firefighting is hazardous work and acknowledge the risks of personal injury while working for the GDC Fire Department at their assigned facility or in the surrounding community. By signing, inmates release the State of Georgia, GDC, and its employees from liability for injuries sustained during firefighting operations.

KEY_TOPICS: inmate firefighter, waiver of liability, voluntary assignment, fire department, hazardous duty, liability release, personal injury, firefighting operations, GDC Fire Department, inmate volunteers

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Inmate Firefighter Waiver of Liability
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.04-att-1/
  2. Communication Release Form (Attachment 2 to IVN04-0001)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/511.04-att-2/

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Revised 4/01/2011 Attachment I
                               SOP IVN04-0001
                                 Page 1 of 1

        INMATE FIREFIGHTER WAIVER OF LIABILITY

I, _______________________________________, do hereby volunteer

for assignment to the Georgia Department of Corrections Fire

Department, Station #___________ - ____________________________,
                     Facility

as a firefighter. I do this of my own free choice and without

coercion, threat, or promise of any reward except that of

training as a firefighter. I understand that this assignment

will necessitate my participation in the fighting of fires both

at the assigned facility and in the surrounding community. I

also understand that firefighting is a hazardous occupation. In

consideration of the benefits I will receive in being trained as

a firefighter, as well as other considerations, I hereby relieve

the State of Georgia, the Georgia Department of Corrections, and

its employees from any liability in case of my personal injury

while engaged in any operations of the GDC Fire Department,

Station #___________________ - _______________________________.
Facility

_________________________________ ______________
Signature             Date

_________________________________ _________________
Witness              Date

xc: Inmate File
Station Chief

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