An agreement between two or more States, political subdivisions, or
interstate governmental agencies for mutual aid does not change the
otherwise volunteer character of services performed by employees of such
agencies pursuant to said agreement. For example, where Town A and Town
B have entered into a mutual aid agreement related to fire protection, a
firefighter employed by Town A who also is a volunteer firefighter for
Town B will not have his or her hours of volunteer service for Town B
counted as part of his or her hours of employment with Town A. The mere
fact that services volunteered to Town B may in some instances involve
performance in Town A's geographic jurisdiction does not require that
the volunteer's hours are to be counted as hours of employment with Town
A.
