Claim of Stewart v. Town of Chili

— Levine, J.

Appeals from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 6, 1987 and September 22, 1987.

In June 1983, claimant, a volunteer firefighter for the Town of Chili Fire Department in Monroe County, was authorized to attend the annual convention of the Northern-Central New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association. The convention was a three-day event located in the Village of Penn Yan, Yates County, approximately 65 miles from where claimant lived. Claimant had arranged to stay with a fellow firefighter, Richard Caternolo, in Caternolo’s mobile home during the convention.

The…