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Sec. 46-27. Same--Authority to dispatch fire force; restrictions.

(a) The mayor, fire chief or duly delegated authority of the fire chief shall not dispatch a company of the city fire department to any location outside the city limits at such a time as would cause two companies to be outside the city limits simultaneously, except in cases of assistance asked by the fire chief or mayor of another city or by the fire chief of an organized rural fire department.

(b) Any employee of the city fire department answering any fire call or performing any fire protection function outside the city limits shall be considered an agent of the state and acting solely in a governmental capacity.

(Code 1973, § 11-8)

State law reference(s)--Neither city nor an official or firefighter involved in fighting extraterritorial fire liable for damages, A.C.A. § 14-53-102(c)(1).

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