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Title 7 : Fire Protection and Fireworks
Chapter 2 : Volunteer Fire Department

7-209 : Assisting surrounding communities.

Personnel and/or equipment of the Town of Mosheim Volunteer Fire Department may be used for fighting any fire outside the town limits if:

  1. In the opinion the fire chief, the fire is in such hazardous proximity to property owned or located within the town as to endanger the town property; and
  2. The board of mayor and alderman has developed policies for providing emergency service outside of the town limits or entered into a contract or mutual aid agreement pursuant to the authority of:
    1. The Local Government Emergency Assistance Act of 1987, as amended, codified in the Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 58-2-601, et seq.;
    2. Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 12-9-101, et seq.; or
    3. Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-54-601. (Ord. #127, July 1998)