SELF-INSURANCE POOL; COVERAGE

(a) The program shall administer a self-insurance pool to provide coverage for motor vehicles a volunteer fire department uses for fire fighting. (b) The coverage may indemnify an official, employee, member, or volunteer of a volunteer fire department for liability arising from the use of a covered motor vehicle in performing the person's fire-fighting duties. The maximum limits of coverage are: (1) for bodily injury or death: (A) $100,000 for each person; and (B) $300,000 for each single occurrence; and (2) for injury to or destruction of property, $100,000 for each single occurrence. (c) Self-insurance coverage provided under this section may be funded only from money available from the fund. (d) The director of the service may establish: (1) eligibility requirements for participation in coverage under this section; and (2) equipment and safety standards for the motor vehicles to be covered under this section. (e) Coverage limits of self-insurance provided under this section must be based on the liquidity of the fund after deducting the cost of administering this chapter.