North Carolina § 14-69 - 3. Arson or other unlawful burning that results in serious bodily injury to a firefighter, law enforcement officer, fire investigator, or emergency medical technician.

§ 14-69. 3. Arson or other unlawful burning that results in serious bodily injury to a firefighter, law enforcement officer, fire investigator, or emergency medical technician.

The following definitions apply in this section: Emergency medical technician. - The term includes an emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician-intermediate, and an emergency medical technician-paramedic, as those terms are defined in G.S. 131E-155. Fire investigator. - The term includes any person who, individually or as part of an investigative team, has the responsibility and authority to determine the origin, cause, or development of a fire or explosion. A person is guilty of a Class E felony if the person commits a felony under Article 15 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes and a firefighter, law enforcement officer, fire investigator, or emergency medical technician suffers serious bodily injury while discharging or attempting to discharge official duties on the property, or proximate to the property, that is the subject of the firefighter's, law enforcement officer's, fire investigator's, or emergency medical technician's discharge or attempt to discharge his or her respective duties. History (2003-392, s. 3(a); 2018-31, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2018-31, s. 4, made the rewriting of this section by Session Laws 2018-31, s. 2, effective December 1, 2018, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2018-31, s. 2, rewrote the section. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.