Section 16. Treatment and care

A volunteer firefighter injured in line of
  duty  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  medical,  surgical,   podiatric,
  chiropractic,  psychological  and  other attendance and treatment, nurse
  and hospital service, medicine, crutches, artificial  members,  devices,
  appliances, and apparatus, including the replacement and repair thereof,
  for  such  period as the nature of the injury or the process of recovery
  may require and the political subdivision  liable  for  the  payment  of
  benefits to the volunteer firefighter under this chapter because of such
  injury  shall  be liable therefor and the cost thereof shall be audited,
  raised and paid as provided in  section  thirty  of  this  chapter.  The
  provisions  of  sections  thirteen  to  thirteen-m,  both inclusive, and
  sections  nineteen  to  nineteen-b,  both  inclusive,  of  the  workers'
  compensation   law,   to   the  extent  that  such  provisions  are  not
  inconsistent with this chapter, shall be applicable in relation  to  any
  injured  volunteer  firefighter, political subdivision and third persons
  as fully as if set forth in this chapter.