Upon written request by any fire company which may be called upon to fight forest fires, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide such company, from reserves available to the commissioner, with forest fire-fighting equipment. Such company shall be responsible for the maintenance of such equipment.
(1959, P.A. 124, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 199; P.A. 84-347, S. 3, 5; P.A. 01-150, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to state park and forest commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 84-347 deleted provision limiting eligibility to volunteer fire companies and eliminated requirement that equipment provided by commissioner must include at least six rakes, six brooms and six handpumps; P.A. 01-150 deleted the reference to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection's responsibility for the replacement of fire-fighting equipment made available to fire companies; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.