N.Y. VOL Law § 15

§ 15. Expense for rehabilitating injured volunteer firefighters. A\nvolunteer firefighter, who as a result of injury is or may be expected\nto be totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative occupation\nand who, under the direction of the state education department is being\nrendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation, may receive such\nadditional financial benefit necessary for his or her rehabilitation as\nthe workers' compensation board shall determine. Not more than thirty\ndollars per week of such additional amount shall be expended for\nmaintenance. Such expense and such of the administrative expenses of the\nstate education department as are properly assignable to the expenses of\nrehabilitating such volunteer firefighters shall be paid out of the\nvocational rehabilitation fund created pursuant to subdivision nine of\nsection fifteen of the workers' compensation law. Any such volunteer\nfirefighter for the purposes of such fund shall be considered an\nemployee of the political subdivision liable for the payment of benefits\nto such volunteer firefighter under this chapter and such "employer" or\nits insurance carrier, as the case may be, shall make the same financial\ncontribution to such fund as required by such subdivision nine in every\ncase of injury causing death of a volunteer firefighter in which there\nare no persons entitled to financial benefits under this chapter other\nthan (1) funeral expenses and (2) the death benefit provided in\nsubdivision two of section seven of this chapter.\n