Sec. 12. When a volunteer fire department is responding to a fire call and there is no other fire department with overriding jurisdiction present, the fire chief, or in the fire chief's absence the ranking officer, shall direct all nonfire emergency activities at the scene until a law enforcement officer arrives on the scene.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-1.5 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.97; P.L.127-2017, SEC.271.