### Question
Can you define what nonaffiliated EMS organization means?


### Answer
**Nonaffiliated EMS organization** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 2229*:

> a public or private nonprofit emergency medical services organization that is not affiliated with a hospital and does not serve a geographic area in which the Administrator of FEMA finds that emergency medical services are adequately provided by a fire department

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 2229*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 49-FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL**

