COOPERATION AND RECIPROCATING USE OF FIREFIGHTING FORCES AND APPARATUS OF DISTRICTS AND CITIES.

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31-1430. COOPERATION AND RECIPROCATING USE OF FIREFIGHTING FORCES AND APPARATUS OF DISTRICTS AND CITIES. (1) Fire protection districts shall have all of the powers given to political subdivisions of the state of Idaho as set forth in section 67-2339, Idaho Code, and sections 67-2326 through 67-2333, Idaho Code, inclusive, to enter into intra-agency and mutual aid agreements with other political subdivisions, including but not limited to counties, ambulance service districts, and municipalities in Idaho and in other states for the purposes of protecting property against loss by fire, protecting life, and for all other purposes of this chapter.

(2) Any fire protection district or city fire department extinguishing a fire or responding to a call for emergency assistance to persons or property not situated within the taxing authority of the fire district or city fire department is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for the services provided and shall have a lien upon property serviced, which lien shall be filed of record against the property in the name of the district or city in the time and manner provided by section 45-507, Idaho Code, for liens of original contractors. Fire districts and cities are also authorized to charge reasonable fees for services provided to residents located within the fire district or city in accordance with the requirements and procedures contained in sections 63-1311 and 63-1311A, Idaho Code, and shall have a lien upon the property serviced as provided in this section.

History:

[31-1430, added 2006, ch. 318, sec. 29, p. 1008; am. 2020, ch. 183, sec. 1, p. 574.]


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