The chief of the fire department of any town, city, city and county, or fire protection district may, when in his or her opinion the same is required by any conflagration, fire, or other such emergency, request the chief of the fire department of any other town, city, city and county, or fire protection district to assign to him or her firefighters, fire companies, and equipment of such other fire department to perform temporary duty within the boundaries of such requesting town, city, city and county, or fire protection district, under the direction and control of such requesting fire chief and under such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between the requesting and assigning fire chiefs. Such firefighters shall, while so assigned and performing duties subject to the direction and control of the requesting fire chief, have the same power as regular firefighters and fire companies of the requesting town, city, city and county, or fire protection district.
Source: L. 63: p. 730, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 99-2-8. L: 97: Entire section amended, p. 1025, § 51, effective August 6.